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.
Bihibare
विहिवारे | |
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  Bihibare Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 26°37′34″N 87°31′04″E / 26.626145°N 87.517833°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Morang District |
| Gaunpalika | Kanepokhari |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 10,802 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Location edit
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 edit
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 edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b "Bihibare", GeoNames, retrieved 2020-06-11
- ^ "Bihibare", Google Maps, retrieved 2020-06-11
- ^ Bayarban-8,bihibare,morang - village, retrieved 2020-06-11 – via FaceBook
- ^ "Table A4.1 Overall Road Inventory", District Transport Master Plan (DTMP) (PDF), District Development Committee, Morang, February 2013, p. 38, retrieved 2020-06-11
- ^ Yasoda Suvedi, Introductory Spoken Nepali : Days and Time, Michigan States University, retrieved 2020-06-11
- ^ Suresh KC, "Organic & Farmers Market, Modern Haat Bazaar; Bringing Farmers & Consumers Together", Hospitality, Food & Wine Monthly, archived from the original on 2020-06-12, retrieved 2020-06-11
- ^ "Bihibare Nepal search", Geonames, retrieved 2020-06-11
- ^ Unit-9: Kanepokhari Gaunpalika (PDF), District Coordination Committee Office : Morang, Nepal, p. 10, retrieved 2020-06-11
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