Okhaldhunga: Taluwa, Thulachhap and Bhadaure

Okhaldhunga district is located 250 kilometer east from Kathmandu. Geographical location, Latitude: 27ͦ.6’ to 27.32′ and Longitude 86.10 to 86.32. It’s in the Everest region, south of Solukhumbu district. It is one of the 14 districts of Province Number 1, the eastern part of Nepal.  It covers an area of 1,074.5 square kilometers and with a population of 139,552 in 2021. Okhaldhunga is the headquarters of Okhaldhunga district. The headquarters is located in the Siddhicharan municipality. The headquarters is accessible by paved road. Siddhicharan Municipality is one of the 8 local units.

Volunteers Initiative Nepal (VIN) has actively been working in Taluwa, Thulachhap, and Bhadaure since 2012. Taluwa and Thulachhap are wards 1 and 2 respectively of Siddhicharan municipality. Bhadaure is ward 6 of Chisankhugadhi Rural municipality.

Taluwa covers around 18.88 square hector area. It has a total population of 1051 with 958 females and 931 males. Bhadaure has a 20.16 square hector area and a total population of 2759 with 1299 males and 1460 females. Similarly, Thulachhap covers about 12.07 square hector area. It has a total population of 2766 with 1315 males and 1451 females. Bhadaure and Thulachhap have around 10% Dalits (so-called low cast) and 40% Janajaatis and Indigenous Communities. Taluwa has a considerably higher number of Dalits.

Those villages are mainly occupied by socially marginalized and economically deprived communities. A considerable number of people are illiterate. Almost 90% of the people are involved in agriculture but their harvest is not enough for their livelihood. Women work hard physically. Most of the women are not educated. They lack skills to earn money and they are not able to enjoy their rights. Though people are involved in agriculture, they lack technical knowledge.

School profiles in Okhaldhunga

Schools in Thulachhap, Taluwa and Bhadaure

Source: census 2021

Population in Thulachhap, Taluwa and Bhadaure

Source: census 2021