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Thorga

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Thorga
Thorga village location in map of Nepal.
Thorga village location in map of Nepal.
Nickname: 
Origin of Thorga "Greeny VDC"
Motto: 
Make Big Plans (Make No Small Plans)
Country   Nepal
RegionWestern
ZoneLumbini
DistrictGulmi
Settled2034 VS
Government
 • TypeDemocratic
Population
 • Total1,150
Time zoneNP
Websiteddcgulmi.gov.np

Thorga is a village in Gulmi district, Lumbini Zone, Nepal.[1] It is mostly inhabited by Brahmins. The population of this village is around 1200 and literacy rate is about 35%.

Gulmi District

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Gulmi District (Nepali: गुल्मी जिल्लाListen), a part of Lumbini Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,149 km2, had a population of 296,654 in 2001 and 280,160 in 2011.[2]

Main features

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A view from Thorga

It is renowned for coffee farming. People here depend upon agriculture and teaching occupation. In Agriculture, coffee & sugarcane are the main products.

Education institutes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sharma, Chandra K. (1979). Nepal and the Nepalese. Sangeeta Sharma. p. 150. OCLC 7999374.
  2. ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-18. Retrieved December 21, 2015.