Lelep | |
Native Name: | लेलेप |
Settlement Type: | Village development committee |
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: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Province No. 1 |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Taplejung District |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 2205 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Lelep is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Taplejung District in the Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 2,205 people living in 511 individual households.[1] There were 1,122 males and 1,083 females at the time of census. It is currently a part of Phaktanglung Rural Municipality. Lelep falls within the famous Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek trail and is 2 day hike from Taplejung. The village has 7 guest houses to accommodate the tourists and almost 40 houses for the locals. [2]