Purandhara

Purandhara
पुरनधारा
Village Development Committee
Purandhara
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°12′N 82°05′E / 28.20°N 82.09°E / 28.20; 82.09Coordinates: 28°12′N 82°05′E / 28.20°N 82.09°E / 28.20; 82.09
Country    Nepal
Zone Rapti Zone
District Dang Deokhuri District
Population (1991)
 • Total 11,981
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Purandhara is a town and Village Development Committee in Dang Deokhuri District in the Rapti Zone of south-western Nepal, near to Salyan. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 11,981 persons living in 2033 individual households.[1] It is notable as the home of Chandra Bahadur Dangi, the shortest man in the world.

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 21 September 2008.


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