Takasindu

Village development committee in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal

Taksindu टाक्सिन्धु
Village development committee
27°39′N 86°39′E / 27.65°N 86.65°E / 27.65; 86.65
Country	Nepal
Zone	Sagarmatha Zone
District	Solukhumbu District
Population (2011)
• Total	2,177
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Taksindu is a ward in Solukhumbu District in the Province 1 of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 2177 people living in 510 individual households.^[1] Of the total population 1,065 (48.9%) were male and 1,172 (53.8%) were female( p 20).^[2] The ward has several villages, they are Chhulemu, Hewa, Deku, Nunthala, Akang, Ringbu, and Changa. There are several ethnic groups residing in the area, among them Sherpa, Rai, and Tamang. The ward is multilingual as the residents speak Sherpa, Rai, Tamang and Nepali languages. Major economic activity of the area are tourism, animal husbandry and agricultural production (p 3).^[3] Chongba Sherpa is the ward head of the Taksindu ward as of May 2022 election.

Geography

Taksindu is situated between 27.60 Latitude and 86.61 Longitude. It has an elevation of 3130m (p 11)^[4]

Notable People

Babu Chiri Sherpa: World record holder mountaineer (1965-2001)^[5]
Dachiiri Dawa Sherpa: Olympic athlete(1969–Present)^[6]

References

^ "Census Nepal 2021". censusnepal.cbs.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
^ "Census Nepal 2021". censusnepal.cbs.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
^ https://dccsolukhumbu.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FINAL-NARRATIVE-SOLU-new2.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.dos.gov.np/everest/downloads/Mt.%20Everest.pptx
^ "Home « BABU CHIRI SHERPA FOUNDATION". Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ Zaccardi, Nick (2014-01-31). "Nepal cross-country skier expects to finish last at Sochi Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-14.