Archale

Archale अर्चले
Village development committee
Archale Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°46′N 83°51′E / 27.77°N 83.85°ECoordinates: 27°46′N 83°51′E / 27.77°N 83.85°E
Country	Nepal
Zone	Lumbini Zone
District	Palpa District
Population (1991)
• Total	2,373
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Archale is a village development committee in Palpa District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2373 people living in 378 individual households.^[1]

2015 Nepal earthquake

The village was affected by an earthquake on 25 April 2015. Reports from the area indicate that the village has been left in ruins after the earthquake. A wedding was taking place in the village when the earthquake occurred. Fifteen of the wedding guests were killed. Twenty-two houses were destroyed. Most of the houses that were destroyed are ill-constructed houses made of mud, brick and stone.^[2]

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
2. Freeman, Colin (29 Apr 2015). "Nepal earthquake: Inside Archale, a village left in ruins". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.