Taruka

Taruka
तारुका
Village development committee
Taruka
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°52′N 85°01′E / 27.87°N 85.01°E / 27.87; 85.01Coordinates: 27°52′N 85°01′E / 27.87°N 85.01°E / 27.87; 85.01
Country    Nepal
Zone Bagmati Zone
District Nuwakot District
Population (1991)
 • Total 4,842
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Taruka is a village development committee in Nuwakot District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4842 people living in 912 individual households. Taruka is famous for its vegetable production and annual bullfight. The annual bullfight occurs on first day on tenth month (Makar Sakranti) of Nepali calendar. [1]

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, retrieved 6 October 2008


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