Shikharpur, Narayani

Shikharpur
शिखरपुर
Village development committee
Shikharpur
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°23′N 85°18′E / 27.39°N 85.30°E / 27.39; 85.30Coordinates: 27°23′N 85°18′E / 27.39°N 85.30°E / 27.39; 85.30
Country    Nepal
Zone Narayani Zone
District Makwanpur District
Population (1991)
  Total 3,884
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

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

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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