Palubari

Palubari is a small scenic village near Sankhu in the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. It is just 17 km from the capital city of Nepal.

History

Historically, it was on the Nepalese traders route to Lhasa (Tibet) and was thriving for its vitality. The area was first settled in the Licchavi era, and remained as a satellite of the Sankhu village. One can still see the signs of Sankhu's former prosperity including ancient building, temples (Vajra Jogini being the most prominent one) and woodcarvings in the area. Until the 17th century Palubari used to be the ginger field of the Kings of Bhaktapur and others. In the local Newari language, 'Palu' means ginger and 'bari' means 'horticultural land. Ginger is still a very important produce of the peasants of this area.

Palubari is also the resort of Nepal's many senior lawyers based in Kathmandu valley. Palubari is developing its infrastructure in a rapid motion. This village is also one gateway to Nagarkot (one of the famous tourism place of Nepal). This village is not far from the capital city but is under developed village of Kathmandu.

In Palubari all types of religion are found and most of them are BRAHMIN & CHETTRI'. Most of the villagers depend upon farming. No-one tries to do another business like Horticulture, Poultry Farming, and Fast money farming like seasonal farming.

Education

There is no Higher secondary School and only one Lower Secondary School Government School in Palubari but some other community schools are providing good and quality schooling, one of the community schools SANKHU PALUBARI COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a well established lower secondary school. According to the Principal Anoop Poudel this school provides free quality education to all the financially disabled and underprivileged children from local area of Palubari and other VDC and also some children from Bhaktapur.

There is no any College and Campus where Students can get higher Education.

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