Warpak

Warpak
वारपाक
Village development committee
Warpak

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 28°14′N 84°46′E / 28.23°N 84.76°E / 28.23; 84.76Coordinates: 28°14′N 84°46′E / 28.23°N 84.76°E / 28.23; 84.76
Country    Nepal
Zone Gandaki Zone
District Gorkha District
Population (1991)
  Total 4,556
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Warpak is a village development committee in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. It is centered on the village of Barpak. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,556 and had 888 houses.[1]

Being close to the epicenter and lodged on a steep hillside, Barpak was extremely hard hit by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2008-08-31.


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