Where is Sarkuwa located?

Sarkuwa is located in Baglung District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

What is the population of Sarkuwa?

The population of Sarkuwa is 2,319 (as of 2011).

Sarkuwa

सर्कुवा

Village development committee in Dhaulagiri Zone, Nepal

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Sarkuwa is a village development committee of the Baglung District of the Dhaulagiri Zone, situated in western Nepal. At the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,516 and 495 houses.

Quick facts

Type: ward of Nepal, human settlement wd
Located in: Baglung District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) wd
Population: 2,319 (2011) wd
Coordinates: 28.1644° N, 83.6053° E wd

About

Sarkuwa is situated in the southern part of Baglung district. It is surrounded by Kusmishera, Damek, Paiyunthantap, Rangkhani, Jaidi, Arjewa and Binamare Village Development Committees.

It has one of the oldest high schools of Baglung district. It has been a higher secondary school (Janata Higher Secondary School situated at Ward No. 6- Sarkuwa) since 2006. Sarkuwa has five elementary schools - in Maulachha, Sisnera, Tallamadi, dandamadi Gairamadi and Ganwo.

People from Brahmin, Chhetri, Thakuri, Magar, Sarki and Kami races live in Sarkuwa. All follow the Hindu religion. The population depends on rice, wheat, millet and corn production.

Four villages of Sarkuwa (Maulachha, Sisnera, Ekrate-Ratamata and Sarkuwa) have been electrified from the Theule Khola Hydro Project (25 KW), one (Tallamadi)from Tallamadi Microhydro and the rest from solar batteries. Part of Sarkuwa and Gairamadi and dandamadi are getting electricity from a hydroproject in the neighboring Damek VDC. Two branches of the motorway have been extended from Kusmishera through Sarkuwa.

Nearby places

Binamare — 2 km
Dhullu Gaidi — 3 km
Kusmishera — 3 km
Damek, Nepal — 4 km
Phalebas Devisthan — 4 km
Rangkhani — 5 km

Questions

Where is Sarkuwa located?: Sarkuwa is located in Baglung District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.
What is the population of Sarkuwa?: The population of Sarkuwa is 2,319 (as of 2011).

Sources

Last updated 31 October 2026 · facts checked 3 November 2026

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