Bigu
Bigu is a former village development committee that is now a Rural Municipality in Dolakha District in Bagmati Pradesh of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1736 people living in 361 individual households.[1]
Bigu बिगु | |
|---|---|
  Bigu Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27.84°N 86.06°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Bagmati Pradesh |
| District | Dolakha District |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 1,736 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
The village is home to a Monastery and a Nunnery who follow Tibetan Buddhism.
The epicenter of the May 2015 Nepal earthquake was located in Bigu.
References
- "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on October 12, 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009.
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