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Lokhim is village located in
Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality
Ward No. 9. It is one of the most attractive and culturally rich villages in eastern Nepal. The chairperson of the village is San Kumar Tamang. The village is surrounded with lush greens, flora and fauna. Lokhim is located at approximately 400km south-east of the capital Kathmandu. There are majorly four casts are living in Lokhim which includes Rai, Tamang, Sherpa, Biswakarma and few Damai. Each of these community have their own languages, rituals, traditions and culture. Sakela (also known as Toshi) is one of the highly celebrated festival in Lokhim where hundreds of Rai people come together and dance. Sakela (Toshi) is not only important for community bonding but it also has its own historical and cultural importance. Rai community celebrate this festival with joy and zeal. Tamang and Sherpa has celebrate theirs great festival as "Lhochhar". It means 'Lho' refers 'Year' and 'Chhar' refers 'New', together it is 'New Year'. This festival use to celebrate as their changed of Year (Lho). Biswakarma and Damai are minority community in Lokhim.
Educational institutions are increasing yearly and five schools are operational. in
UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District/Mohan Tamang
Populated places in Solukhumbu District {{Solukhumbu-geo-stub
Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality
Ward No. 9. It is one of the most attractive and culturally rich villages in eastern Nepal. The chairperson of the village is San Kumar Tamang. The village is surrounded with lush greens, flora and fauna. Lokhim is located at approximately 400km south-east of the capital Kathmandu. There are majorly four casts are living in Lokhim which includes Rai, Tamang, Sherpa, Biswakarma and few Damai. Each of these community have their own languages, rituals, traditions and culture. Sakela (also known as Toshi) is one of the highly celebrated festival in Lokhim where hundreds of Rai people come together and dance. Sakela (Toshi) is not only important for community bonding but it also has its own historical and cultural importance. Rai community celebrate this festival with joy and zeal. Tamang and Sherpa has celebrate theirs great festival as "Lhochhar". It means 'Lho' refers 'Year' and 'Chhar' refers 'New', together it is 'New Year'. This festival use to celebrate as their changed of Year (Lho). Biswakarma and Damai are minority community in Lokhim.
History
Lokhim village got its name from the localRai people
The Rai (Kirati language, Kirati: also known as Jimee or Khambu, ''Rāi''; Devanagari: wikt:राई, राई) are an ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Kirati people, Kirat family and primarily Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan linguistic ethni ...
. Lo = "Frog" and Khim = "House" which means there house of frogs. In the old days, there were many frogs in this village. So, the local Rai people named the village with frog's story. Lokhim is one of the backwarded villages in the Solukhumbu district. It is located in eastern part of the headquarter Salleri.
Educational institutions are increasing yearly and five schools are operational. in Solukhumbu District
Solukhumbu District ( , Sherpa: , Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the sub-regions Solu and Khumbu. The closest post office to Solukhumbu with a postal co ...
in the Sagarmatha Zone
Sagarmāthā Zone (, ''"Sagarmāthā Anchal"'') was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones into provinces. The headquarters of Sagarmatha is Rajbiraj. ''Sagarmāthā'' is a Nepali word which as per some sources, is ...
of north-eastern Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,
they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...
it had a population of 3098 people living in 585 individual households.
References
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UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District/Mohan Tamang
Populated places in Solukhumbu District {{Solukhumbu-geo-stub