Churiyamai

Churiyamai
चुरियामाई
Village development committee
Churiyamai

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°22′N 85°02′E / 27.37°N 85.03°E / 27.37; 85.03Coordinates: 27°22′N 85°02′E / 27.37°N 85.03°E / 27.37; 85.03
Country    Nepal
Zone Narayani Zone
District Makwanpur District
Population (1991)
  Total 10,405
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Churiyamai is a village development committee in Makwanpur District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 10,405 people living in 1843 individual households.[1] There is Churiyamai Secondary School in Ward no. 9. This VDC has Churiyamai Temple, goddess of Churiyamai. The drivers worship this Goddess heartly. The name of the VDC and School named by the name of Churiya hill. Churiya hill is the range of hills across the whole Nepal. This VDC has 12 schools and mostly 90% people from ethnic group lived in this VDC.

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 9 December 2008.


Local leaders are planning to develop Churiyamai Temple as an important touristic destination of Nepal which lies nearby to East-west Highway.

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