Official Name: | Barpak |
Native Name: | वारपाक |
Settlement Type: | Village development committee |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Gandaki Province#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: | Gandaki Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Gorkha District |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Total: | 4556 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 28.23°N 84.76°W |
Barpak is a village development committee in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. It is centered on the village of Barpak. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,556 and had 888 houses.[1]
Being close to the epicenter and lodged on a steep hillside, Barpak was extremely hard hit by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.