Tatopani, Sindhupalchok
Village development committee in Bagmati Zone, Nepal
Tatopani is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 3402 and had 616 houses in the village. The majority people are of ethnic Sherpa and Tamang. Historically and today, it is a huge trading post between Nepal and China. People living here speak Nepali and Tibetan. Shrestha Bipin is the mayor in Tatopani. The actual border crossing is at Kodari. The village was visited by and served as a pitstop for the famous indian scholar and travelogue Rahul Sankrityayan multiple times on his way to Tibet.
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