Lumle

Lumle is a town and village development committee in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,685 persons living in 955 individual households.[1]

Lumle
लुम्ले
VDC
Hill station
Bridge over Dhoti Khola
Bridge over Dhoti Khola
Lumle is located in Gandaki Province
Lumle
Lumle
Location in Nepal
Lumle is located in Nepal
Lumle
Lumle
Lumle (Nepal)
Coordinates: 28.35°N 83.83°E / 28.35; 83.83
Country   Nepal
ZoneGandaki Zone
DistrictKaski District
Population
 (1991)
 • Total4,685
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Area code061
Shiva sanctuary in Nayapul
Lumle Village Landscape

Lumle is well known for its agricultural centre on a hillside above the village founded in 1968 to train British Gurkha Ex-servicemen farmers. Its role was widened in 1975 to benefit the communities from which Gurkhas were recruited in Mid-West Hills. It is now part of Nepal Agricultural Research Council. [2]

Localities

Educational Institutions in Lumle
  • Balmandir Community School ( Community)
  • Future Star English Boarding School (Private)
  • Shree Siddha lower secondary school (Government)
  • Shree Sangam Secondary School (Government)
  • Srijana Secondary School (Government)
  • Shree Paudurkot lower secondary school (Government)

Climate
Climate data for Lumle
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 13
(55)		 14
(57)		 19
(66)		 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 23
(73)		 22
(72)		 23
(73)		 21
(70)		 20
(68)		 16
(61)		 13
(55)		 19
(66)
Average low °C (°F) 5
(41)		 6
(43)		 10
(50)		 13
(55)		 14
(57)		 17
(63)		 17
(63)		 17
(63)		 16
(61)		 14
(57)		 9
(48)		 6
(43)		 12
(54)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 28
(1.1)		 45
(1.8)		 52
(2.0)		 194
(7.6)		 318
(12.5)		 902
(35.5)		 1,522
(59.9)		 1,339
(52.7)		 932
(36.7)		 294
(11.6)		 23
(0.9)		 2
(0.1)		 5,651
(222.4)
Source: [3]

References
  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  2. https://narcnepal.org/
  3. "Climatological Data of Nepal". www.thamel.com.


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