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Shikharpur, Makwanpur

Coordinates: 27°23′N 85°18′E / 27.39°N 85.30°E / 27.39; 85.30
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Shikharpur
शिखरपुर
Shikharpur is located in Nepal
Shikharpur
Shikharpur
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°23′N 85°18′E / 27.39°N 85.30°E / 27.39; 85.30
Country   Nepal
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictMakwanpur District
Rural municipalityBakaiya Rural Municipality
Population
 (1991)
 • Total3,884
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Shikharpur (Nepali: शिखरपुर) is a village development committee in the Bakaiya Rural Municipality of Makwanpur District in the Bagmati Province of 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

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  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  2. ^ Plane Crashes Near Everest.. retrieved 25 August 2010