Sathighar Bhagawati is a market place in Panchkhal Municipality in Kabhrepalanchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. It was merged to form the new municipality along with Panchkhal, Deuvumi Baluwa, Anaikot and Sathighar Bhagawati village development committee on 18 May 2014.[1][2] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2732 in 534 individual households.[3]

Sathighar Bhagawati
साठीघर भगवती
Sathighar Bhagawati is located in Nepal
Sathighar Bhagawati
Sathighar Bhagawati
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°38′N 85°40′E / 27.63°N 85.67°E / 27.63; 85.67
Country   Nepal
ZoneBagmati Zone
DistrictKabhrepalanchok District
Population
 (1991)
 • Total2,732
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Men carrying portable shrines of goddesses Mahakali (foreground) and Palanchok Bhagwati through the streets of Sathighar Bhagawati village in Kavrepalanchok, Nepal during the festival of Palanchok Bhagwati Jatra on 25 October 2012.
Men carrying portable shrines of goddesses Mahakali (foreground) and Palanchok Bhagwati through the streets of Sathighar Bhagawati village in Kavrepalanchok, Nepal during the festival of Palanchok Bhagwati Jatra on 25 October 2012.

References

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  1. ^ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. ^ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
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