Shikharpur, Makwanpur

Shikharpur (Nepali: शिखरपुर) is a village development committee in the Bakaiya Rural Municipality of Makwanpur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3884 people living in 667 individual households.[1]

Shikharpur
शिखरपुर
Village development committee
Shikharpur is located in Nepal
Shikharpur
Shikharpur
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27.39°N 85.30°E / 27.39; 85.30
Country   Nepal
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictMakwanpur District
Rural municipalityBakaiya Rural Municipality
Population
 (1991)
 • Total3,884
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

On 25 August 2010, an Agni Air Flight 101 flight crashed and 14 people along with the crew died here.[2]

References
  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  2. Plane Crashes Near Everest.. retrieved 25 August 2010
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