Bihibare

Village development committee in Province No. 1, Nepal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bihibare (Nepali: विहिवारे) is a village in the Kanepokhari Rural Municipality in the Morang District of Province No. 1, south-eastern Nepal. It is the center of Kanepokhari Ward 6, which had a population of 5,771 in 2011.

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Bihibare
विहिवारे
Bihibare is located in Nepal
Bihibare
Bihibare
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26.626145°N 87.517833°E / 26.626145; 87.517833
Country   Nepal
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictMorang District
GaunpalikaKanepokhari
Population
 (1991)
  Total
10,802
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
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Location

Bihibare is in Nepal, Province 1, Morang, Kanepokhari.[1] It is to the east of Bargachhi and northeast of Ramailo.[2] The village was previously in Bayarban Ward 8.[3] It is at an elevation of about 119 metres (390 ft) above sea level.[1]

The Sukrabare-Bihibare-Bairawan Road is 10.74 kilometres (6.67 mi) long, of which 8.31 kilometres (5.16 mi) is graveled and the remainder is dirt. The Ramailo-Bihibare-Sibalaya is 8.77 kilometres (5.45 mi) long, of which 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) is graveled and the remained is dirt.[4]

Name

The Nepali word Bihibar means "Thursday".[5] Bihibare is a common Eastern Nepal town name that indicates the day of the weekly haat bazaar.[6] GeoNames lists 6 populated places in Nepal with this name.[7]

Population

In 2068 BS (2011 CE) Kanepokhari Ward 6 had 1,340 households with a total population of 5,771 of which 2,613 were male and 3,158 were female. The ward was previously Bayarban Ward 8.[8]

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