Muchu is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in
Namkha
Namkha (Tibetan: ནམ་མཁའ་ ''nam mkha' '' " sky", "space", "aether"," heaven"), also known as ''Dö''; (Tibetan ''mdos'' (མདོས) ) is a form of yarn or thread cross composed traditionally of wool or silk and is a form of the End ...
rural municipality in
Humla District
Humla District ( ne, हुम्ला जिल्ला), a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Simikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has population of 50,858 a ...
in the
Karnali Province
Karnali Province ( ne, कर्णाली प्रदेश) is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal formed by the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The total area of the province is covering 18.97% of the cou ...
of north-western
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
. Previously Muchu was a separate
Village Development Committee which merged with other neighbouring villages and restructured as
Namkha
Namkha (Tibetan: ནམ་མཁའ་ ''nam mkha' '' " sky", "space", "aether"," heaven"), also known as ''Dö''; (Tibetan ''mdos'' (མདོས) ) is a form of yarn or thread cross composed traditionally of wool or silk and is a form of the End ...
rural council. Muchu was thus divided into two wards (ward no. 4 & 5). 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 917 persons living in 164 individual households.
and at the time of
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...
it had 916 individuals.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Dolpa DistrictMinistry of Federal Affairs and General AdministrationMOFAGA GIS MAP
Populated places in Humla District
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