Takasindu

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| native_name = टाक्सिन्धु

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| subdivision_name1 = Sagarmatha Zone

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| subdivision_name2 = Solukhumbu District|

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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.{{Cite web |title=Census Nepal 2021 |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/Home/Details?tpid=5&dcid=bafe28cf-9f53-41de-9348-a1c49943f574&tfsid=1 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=censusnepal.cbs.gov.np}} Of the total population 1,065 (48.9%) were male and 1,172 (53.8%) were female( p 20). 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).{{Cite web |url=https://dccsolukhumbu.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FINAL-NARRATIVE-SOLU-new2.pdf | title=Narrative Report | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624085359/https://dccsolukhumbu.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FINAL-NARRATIVE-SOLU-new2.pdf | archive-date=2022-06-24}} 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){{Cite web | url=https://www.dos.gov.np/everest/downloads/Mt.%20Everest.pptx | title=Sagarmatha Height Measurement Project (SHMP)| first=Niraj | last=Manandhar}}

Notable People

  • Babu Chiri Sherpa: World record holder mountaineer (1965-2001){{Cite web |title=Home « BABU CHIRI SHERPA FOUNDATION |url=http://www.babuchirisherpafoundation.org/home/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |language=en-US}}
  • Dachiiri Dawa Sherpa: Olympic athlete(1969–Present){{Cite web |last=Zaccardi |first=Nick |date=2014-01-31 |title=Nepal cross-country skier expects to finish last at Sochi Olympics |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2014/01/31/dachhiri-sherpa-nepal-cross-country-skiing-sochi-winter-olympics/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=OlympicTalk {{!}} NBC Sports |language=en-US}}

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