Tikhatar

Tikhatar is a village development committee in Doti District in the Seti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5222 people in 958 individual households.[1]

Tikhatar

तिखाटार
Village development committee
Tikhatar
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29.16°N 81.01°E / 29.16; 81.01
Country   Nepal
ZoneSeti Zone
DistrictDoti District
Population
 (1991)
 • Total5,222
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

[2] History

This village development committee has a long history. 1814 AD, The war between Gorkha and Kingdom of Doti was fought at bank of the seti river. Malla of Budhakot, Bogtan and Shahi of Dumrakot (this VDC) fought war against Nepali Gorkha's expansion. There is a front (battle field) called Naari-Dang and reinforcement camp at Kuthakot　(most probably this place is also in this VDC. This village is the birthplace of many national level politicians and bureaucrats. The great revolutionary leader; ex-Prim Minister Dr. K. I. Singh was born in this village. At the time of his premiership in 1956, he established the "Indra Primary School" with a donation of five thousand rupees. This is the oldest school in this area. The school is now known as “Indra Higher Secondary school” situated at Lek-gada Dumrakot.

References
  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
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