Katunge

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Katunge
कटुञ्जे
Village development committee
Country    Nepal
Zone Bagmati Zone
District Dhading District
Population (1991)
  Total 6,446
  Religions Hindu
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Katunge is a village development committee in Dhading District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6446 and had 1162 houses in it.[1]

The village is accessible from Dhading by dirt road (closed during monsoon season) and it takes around 2–3 hours to get to the village. In the monsoon season the road is closed and it is a 5–6 hour trek to the village.

There are at least 2–3 schools in the village. There is also an education initiative called Future Village [2] (a 2-storey cottage) for education of students.

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2008-08-24. 
  2. http://www.future-village-nepal.org/en/index.html

Coordinates: 27°59′N 84°55′E / 27.983°N 84.917°E / 27.983; 84.917

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