Aadarsha Chowk | |
Native Name: | आदर्श चोक |
Settlement Type: | village |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Kosi Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Morang District |
Area Total Km2: | 0.75 |
Timezone: | NST |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 26.6745°N 87.3751°W |
Postal Code Type: | GPO |
Postal Code: | 56611 |
Area Code: | 021 |
Aadarsha Chowk (Nepali: आदर्श चोक) is wedged between Tribeni chowk to the east and Jyoti Tol to the west, this is a village located at Sundar Haraincha Municipality -09, previously- Koshi Haraincha Municipality -02. The southern part is bordered with Mahendra Highway and the northern part falls under Char-Koshe Jhadi. About 1 km east of the village is the Biratchowk, headquarter of Sundar Haraincha. Addarsha Chowk is ethnically and religiously diverse place where majority of people follows Hinduism with beautiful and minority faiths upon Islam. This is the best example on how the people believing on different religion lives together with mutual respect and harmony. Nepali is the official and most-spoken language with very few community speaking Hindi. English language is well understood by educated mass.
Addarsha Chowk is located at Morang district, Koshi Zone of Eastern development region of Nepal. The geographical location of Aadarsha Chowk is at 26°40’28.0” N 87°22'30.5" E and the elevation is 146 m (479 ft) above sea-level. The total area of the village is about 0.7 km2 excluding the territory forest (Char Koshe Jhadi). It is approximately 387 km east of capital Kathmandu and 1 km west of Biratchowk, headquarters of the village.[1]
The major inhabitants of the village are Rai, Limbu, Magars, Chhettri and Brahmin. Hinduism is the largest religion in the village followed by Islam and Christianity in respective manner.