Sankranti Bazar

Sankranti Bazar is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Terhathum District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3266 people living in 622 individual households.[1] Once a thriving market town, By 2001 the village had declined because road construction had bypassed them and because of Maoist activity.[2][3]

Sankranti Bazar
सक्रान्ति
Sankranti Bazaar
Sankranti Bazar is located in Nepal
Sankranti Bazar
Sankranti Bazar
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27.21°N 87.64°E / 27.21; 87.64
Country   Nepal
ZoneKosi Zone
DistrictTerhathum District
Population
 (1991)
  Total3,266
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  2. "Aathrai Sankranti bazaar wears a deserted look". Kathmandu Post, Sunday June 24, 2001. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
  3. "21 terrorists die in action". The Rising Nepal, January 29, 2002.


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