Morahang | |
Native Name: | मोराहाङ |
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: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Kosi Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Terhathum District |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 4064 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 27.22°N 87.5°W |
Postal Code: | 57107 |
Area Code: | 026 |
Morahang is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Terhathum District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3679 people living in 699 individual households.[1]
The majority of the people from this village come from Limbu background. In comparison, people from this area are well educated and have higher earning power. Alaichi (black cardamom) is one of the major cash crops. Apart from that majority of people are involved in some sort of foreign employment, anywhere from unskilled to highly skilled jobs. Employment as British Army is probably the most popular and high earning job on an average. Khapung (Limbu) are major residents of this area.