{"id":"lokhim","type":"place","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lokhim","language":"en","name":"Lokhim","name_en":"Lokhim","name_ne":"लोखिम","description":"Village development committee in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal","headline":"Village development committee in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Lokhim is a village located in Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality, Ward No. 9. It is one of the most attractive and culturally rich villages in eastern Nepal. The chairperson of the village is San Kumar Tamang. The village is surrounded with lush greens, flora and fauna. Lokhim is located at approximately 400km south-east of the capital Kathmandu.","summary_more":["There are majorly four casts are living in Lokhim which includes Rai, Tamang, Sherpa, Biswakarma and few Damai. Each of these community have their own languages, rituals, traditions and culture. Sakela (also known as Toshi) is one of the celebrated festivals in Lokhim where Rai people come together and dance. Sakela (Toshi) is not only or community bonding but it also has its own historical and cultural importance.  Tamang  has celebrate theirs great festival as \"Lhochhar\". It means 'Lho' refers 'Year' and 'Chhar' refers 'New', together it is 'New Year'. This festival used to celebrate as their changed of Year (Lho). Sherpa celebrates \"Losar\" festival as a new year.  Biswakarma and Damai are communities in Lokhim."],"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/Q3416659#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Solukhumbu District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28363","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/solukhumbu-district"},{"text":"Koshi Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104008","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/koshi-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416659#P131"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokhim","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416659"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Lokhim located?","a":"Lokhim is located in Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"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"},{"name":"Lumbini","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Chisankhugadhi Rural Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/chisankhugadhi-rural-municipality","km":2.2},{"name":"Sautang","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sautang","km":3.8},{"name":"Bakachol","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bakachol","km":4.9},{"name":"Jubu, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/jubu-nepal","km":5.4},{"name":"Deusa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/deusa","km":7.3},{"name":"Rakha Bangdel","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/rakha-bangdel","km":8.3}],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Lokhim","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokhim","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): लोखिम","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3416659","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416659","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 Lokhim, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Lokhim\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/lokhim. Retrieved 3 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-03","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/lokhim","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/lokhim","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/lokhim?lang=ne"}}