Palhi

Palhi
पाल्ही
Village Development Committee
Palhi

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°29′N 83°40′E / 27.48°N 83.66°E / 27.48; 83.66Coordinates: 27°29′N 83°40′E / 27.48°N 83.66°E / 27.48; 83.66
Country    Nepal
Zone Lumbini Zone
District Nawalparasi District
Population (1991)
  Total 4,133
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Palhi is a village development committee in Nawalparasi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4133 people living in 625 individual households. The only spoken language here in Bhojpuri(Awadhi); about 99% of the population speak bhojpuri and the remaining speak tharu, nepali and Urdu(<1%). The Palhi Bhagawati Mandir is a holy temple of goddess durga. Thousands of people worship in this temple during the festive season of nawami(dureshara). It is believed that what you wish for will be fulfilled if you visit the temple. The temple is very much popular in the district. Most of the people are under povery line. Even in this century, the villages don't have access to roads and education. There is only one higher secondary school in the VDC.But, most of the yougsters travel to foreign for money. Very less students migrate to the Capital for higher studies.[1]

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
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