Sarankot

Sarangkot
—  Village Development Committee  —
Sarankot, overlooking Pokhara and lake.
Sarangkot
Location in Nepal
Coordinates:
Country  Nepal
Zone Gandaki Zone
District Kaski District
Population (1991)
 • Total 5,060
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Sarankot or Sarangkot is Village Development Committee in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,060 persons residing in 1,010 individual households.[1]

The village is located on a mountainside ridge at an altitude of 1600m with panoramic Himalayan views. From Sarankot, on the northern direction we can see Dhawalagiri in the far west . Annapurna range is visible when the weather is clear on the same side. On the southern direction the village overlooks the city of Pokhara and its lake on the north-western outskirts of the city.

References

  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1. Retrieved September 30, 2008. 

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