{"id":"lahachok","type":"place","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lahachok","language":"en","name":"Lahachok","name_en":"Lahachok","name_ne":"लाहाचोक","description":"Place in Gandaki Zone, Nepal","headline":"Place in Gandaki Zone, Nepal","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Lahachowk (Nepali : लाहाचोक  ) is a village in Machhapuchchhre Gaunpalika, in the Kaski District, in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. According to the 2011 National Population and Housing Census, it had a population of 3,129 in 829 individual households.","summary_more":["Lahachowk is not far from Mount Machhapuchchhre, a mountain in the Annapurna Himal. The village is at the altitude of 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) above sea level. It is about 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Pokhara. The village is ethnically and culturally diverse. Major ethnic groups in the village are Brahmin (43%), Dalit (28%), Chhetri (including Thakuri) (14%), and indigenous groups such as Gurung, Newar and Magar. The society is largely based on a caste structure. Higher castes like Brahmin and Chhetri have greater access to and control over resources and means of production. The people of higher caste generally have a higher educational status. The Hindu religion predominates, followed by Buddhism and a small number of Christians. The society in Lahachowk is a patriarchal one. The major occupation in the village is agriculture, which occupies around 46.7% of the population. Next are the labourers, up to 30.9%. Around 5.3% are working abroad, and government jobs account for 4.9%. Other jobs occupy around 11.5%, while business accounts for just 0.7%.Madhusudhan Adhikari is the ward chairperson of the village along with elected ward members like Shreedevi, Rabi Adhikari and 2 others."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"ward of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530705"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416448#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Kaski District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28436","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kaski-district"},{"text":"Gandaki Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104016","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/gandaki-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416448#P131"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahachok","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416448"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Lahachok located?","a":"Lahachok is located in Kaski District, Gandaki Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"CD Vijaya Adhikari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cd-vijaya-adhikari"},{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"},{"name":"Pokhara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Dhital, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhital-nepal","km":2.9},{"name":"Ghachok","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/ghachok","km":3.0},{"name":"Hemja","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/hemja","km":3.3},{"name":"Ribhan","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/ribhan","km":3.5},{"name":"Kaskikot","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kaskikot","km":4.6},{"name":"Batulechaur","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/batulechaur","km":5.9}],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Lahachok","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahachok","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): लाहाचोक","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3416448","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416448","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Lahachok, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Lahachok\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/lahachok. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T09:28:17Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/lahachok","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/lahachok","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/lahachok?lang=ne"}}