Okhaldhunga

Okhaldhunga
ओखलढुङ्गा
Merged to Siddhicharan Municipality
Okhaldhunga is located in Nepal
Okhaldhunga
Okhaldhunga
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°19′N 86°30′E / 27.317°N 86.500°E / 27.317; 86.500
Country   Nepal
ZoneSagarmatha Zone
DistrictOkhaldhunga District
Elevation
1,561 m (5,121 ft)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total
3,761
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Okhaldhunga is the headquarters of the Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3761 living in 790 individual households.[1]

Climate

Climate data for Okhaldhunga, elevation 1,731 m (5,679 ft), (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 15.8
(60.4) 		18.1
(64.6) 		21.8
(71.2) 		24.6
(76.3) 		25.2
(77.4) 		25.4
(77.7) 		24.9
(76.8) 		25.1
(77.2) 		24.6
(76.3) 		23.6
(74.5) 		20.8
(69.4) 		17.4
(63.3) 		22.3
(72.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 10.6
(51.1) 		12.6
(54.7) 		16.2
(61.2) 		19.1
(66.4) 		20.3
(68.5) 		21.3
(70.3) 		21.3
(70.3) 		21.4
(70.5) 		20.6
(69.1) 		18.7
(65.7) 		15.4
(59.7) 		12.1
(53.8) 		17.5
(63.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 5.3
(41.5) 		7.1
(44.8) 		10.5
(50.9) 		13.6
(56.5) 		15.3
(59.5) 		17.2
(63.0) 		17.7
(63.9) 		17.6
(63.7) 		16.6
(61.9) 		13.7
(56.7) 		10.0
(50.0) 		6.7
(44.1) 		12.6
(54.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 12.0
(0.47) 		14.9
(0.59) 		25.8
(1.02) 		66.5
(2.62) 		153.0
(6.02) 		292.9
(11.53) 		417.8
(16.45) 		416.0
(16.38) 		265.0
(10.43) 		61.2
(2.41) 		8.0
(0.31) 		8.2
(0.32) 		1,741.3
(68.56)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 1.6 2.2 3.9 7.9 14.0 18.4 22.2 21.4 16.3 5.4 1.0 0.8 115.1
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[2]
Source 2: Department of Hydrology and Meteorology[3]

Media

To promote local culture Okhaldhunga has two FM radio stations: Radio Likhu (91.3 MHz) and Ramailo Samudayek Radio (100.6 MHz), both of which are community radio stations.[4][5][6]

  • tholedema khijeeview
    tholedema khijeeview
  • toledema
    toledema
  • Gaungtol
    Gaungtol
  • dandakhi
    dandakhi
  • KhijiV
    KhijiV
  • KhijiDVC2
    KhijiDVC2
  • Khijee3
    Khijee3
  • Khiji4
    Khiji4
  • satatol
    satatol
  • Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga
    Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga
  • Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga
    Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga

References

  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on October 12, 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ^ "PRECIPITATION NORMAL (MM) (1991-2020)" (PDF). Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ "ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS NEPAL (ACORAB)::Introduction". www.acorab.org.np. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  5. ^ Network, Indigenous Community Radio. "Radio Likhu 91.3 MHz". Indigenous Community Radio Network. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  6. ^ Report on BHN visit to Radio Kairan and Radio Likhu in Ramechhap, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2020-06-30