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10-754: Lama means Long and Chaur means Ground. There are several governmental and private institutions in Lamachaur: Privately run public transport system operating throughout the city, adjoining townships and nearby villages. Pokhara Mahanagar Bus (green, brown and blue buses), Bindabashini Samiti(blue buses), Lekhnath Bus Bebasaya Samiti ( green and white buses) and Phewa Bus Bebasaya Samiti(mini micros) are public buses available in city. The public transport mainly consists of local and city buses, micros, micro-buses and metered-taxis. List of several Internet Service Providers(ISP) in Lamachaur are: This article about

20-512: A location in the Kaski District of Nepal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kaski District Kaski District ( Nepali : कास्की जिल्ला , [kaski] ), a part of Gandaki Province , is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal . The name is disambiguated from Kaskikot , the ancient Kaski Kingdom. The district, with Pokhara as its district headquarter, covers an area of 2,017 square km and had

30-613: A nutshell, The following is a partial list of everyday units used to calculate land area in Nepal. The units of measurement of area of land depends on the part of the country where they are being used, with the Bigha-Katha-Dhur measurements common in the Terai region while the Ropani-Aana measurements are common in hilly and mountainous regions. In the Terai region, the southern parts of Nepal,

40-501: A total population of 492,098 according to 2011 Census. This district lies at the centroid point of the country. The altitude of Kaski district ranges from 450 meters the lowest land to 8091 meters the highest point in the Himalaya range. Kaski District politically has One Metropolitan City, 4 Gaupalika and 3 electoral sectors. The district covers parts of the Annapurna mountain range, and

50-490: A town with a fort. All the governance and development of Kaski District are handled mainly by District Development Committee Kaski (DDC-Kaski). The district is full of people with multi-language, multi-religion and multiple cultures. Different people have different foods, dresses and norms based on their caste and religion. Many places offer Home Stay for internal as well as international tourists along with performance of local dance according to caste and cultures. According to

60-695: The metric system has been the official standard since 1968. The kos (kosh, krosh, koss) is a very ancient measure of distance, measuring about 2.25 miles or 3.7 km. In Nepal, for land area measurements two types of unit systems are used. In hilly regions, ropani-aana-paisa-daam units are used while in terai regions, bigha-kattha-dhur units measurements are used. We may need to convert land area units such as aana to dhur, dhur to aana, kattha to aana, ropani to bigha, square meter to aana, square meter to dhur etc, For such area units conversion you may use Area Converter Calculator . The precise land measurement conversions as per Nepal standard are as follows: In

70-1855: The District Sport Committee, Kaski District have one stadium, named Pokhara Rangashala , of about 417 Ropani of area and capacity of 21,000 spectators. Kaski has its reputation in generating sportsmen in the country. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census , Kaski District had a population of 492,098. As their first language, 78.5% spoke Nepali , 12.0% Gurung , 2.2% Magar , 2.2% Newari , 1.5% Tamang , 0.7% Bhojpuri , 0.5% Hindi , 0.5% Maithili , 0.4% Urdu , 0.2% Kham , 0.2% Rai , 0.2% Thakali , 0.2% Tharu , 0.1% Bengali , 0.1% Bhujel , 0.1% Chantyal and 0.1% other languages. Ethnicity/caste: 27.9% were Hill Brahmin , 16.7% Gurung , 14.4% Chhetri , 8.6% Magar , 8.0% Kami , 4.9% Newar , 3.7% Damai /Dholi, 2.7% Tamang , 2.5% Sarki , 1.4% Gharti/ Bhujel , 1.4% Thakuri , 0.9% Musalman , 0.8% Badi , 0.8% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% Rai , 0.5% Kumal , 0.5% Thakali , 0.5% Tharu , 0.3% other Dalit , 0.2% Chhantyal , 0.2% Kalwar , 0.2% Sonar , 0.1% Bengali , 0.1% Dura, 0.1% Gaine , 0.1% Hajam /Thakur, 0.1% Halwai , 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Koiri / Kushwaha , 0.1% Limbu , 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Sherpa , 0.1% Teli , 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Yadav , 0.1% foreigners and 0.1% others. Religion: 82.3% were Hindu , 13.5% Buddhist , 2.1% Christian , 0.9% Muslim , 0.6% Bon , 0.1% Kirati , 0.1% Prakriti and 0.3% others. Literacy: 82.0% could both read and write, 1.6% could read but not write and 16.4% could neither read nor write. The district consists of one metropolitan city and four rural municipalities . These are as follows: 28°20′N 84°00′E  /  28.333°N 84.000°E  / 28.333; 84.000 Ropani In Nepal, some customary units of measurement are still used, although

80-432: The census of 2068 Kaski district has people of about 84 castes, 44 languages and 11 religions. The dressing style of people here matches with national dress. The main foods of people here are Dal-Bhat Tarkari , Roti , and Dhindo (These are typical Nepalese foods). The district is the common place of different castes such as Magars , Gurung , Brahmin , Chhetri , Newar , Thakali , kumal and many more. According to

90-402: The northern side is always full of snow. The scenery of northern mountains, gorge of Seti River , Davis Falls , natural caves, Fewa Lake , Begnas Lake and Rupa Lake are both natural resources and tourist attractions. Regarding Booring the origin of the name Kaski , there are many hypotheses; among them: In the early 1800s, the capital of Kaski was Batulechaur and that Sarangkot was

100-606: The picturesque scene of the mountains can be observed from most parts of the district. It is one of the best tourist destinations of Nepal . The district is full of rivers such as Seti Gandaki, Modi and Madi along with other rivulets. The district headquarters Pokhara lies about 750 m above the sea level. The district is known for the Himalayan range with about 11 Himalayas with height greater than 7000 m. The nearby peaks include Machhapuchhre (Virgin Peak - 6993m). The Annapurna Range in

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