Bigu

Bigu
बिगु
Village development committee
Bigu
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°50′N 86°04′E / 27.84°N 86.06°E / 27.84; 86.06Coordinates: 27°50′N 86°04′E / 27.84°N 86.06°E / 27.84; 86.06
Country    Nepal
Zone Janakpur Zone
District Dolakha District
Population (1991)
 • Total 1,736
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Bigu is a village development committee in Dolakha District in the Janakpur Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1736 people living in 361 individual households.[1]

The village is home to a Monastery and a Nunnery who follow Tibetan Buddhism.

The epicenter of the May 2015 Nepal earthquake was located in Bigu.

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on October 12, 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009 .


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