Buipa
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Buipa
बुइपा | |
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  Buipa Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°13′N 86°44′E / 27.22°N 86.73°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Sagarmatha Zone |
| District | Khotang District |
| Population (1991) | |
• Total | 5,195 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Postal code | 56208 |
| Area code | 036 |
Buipa बुइपा is a village and Village Development Committee in Khotang District in the Sagarmatha Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,195 persons living in 980 individual households.[1]
Buipa, Chhiptee an oldest Rai village of Buipa rural council is situated about 450 miles away from Kathmandu, which is the capital of Nepal. From Kathmandu it takes about 12 hours by bus to get to Gaighat and good four days of walking from there on. Also you can fly to Lamidanda airstrip by small airplane and a day walk into the village. All settlers in Buipa are farmers, where there are 50 houses and around 350 people. Children there grow with an ambition and dream of joining the British Gurkha Army, Gurkha contingent Singapore Police Forces or Indian Gurkha Army. Most of the younger generation leaves the village and only a handful return.
