Balankha
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Balankha, Bhojpur (बालंखा, भोजपुर) |
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| Village Development Committee | |
Balankha Bazar
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 Balankha, Bhojpur
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| Coordinates: 26°59′24″N 86°58′48″E / 26.99000°N 86.98000°ECoordinates: 26°59′24″N 86°58′48″E / 26.99000°N 86.98000°E | |
| Country |
 Nepal
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| Zone | Kosi Zone |
| District | Bhojpur District |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 1,867 |
| Time zone | Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) |
| Postal code | 57013 |
| Area code(s) | 029 |
Balankha बालंखा (sometimes misspelled as "Walangkha") is a village development committee (VDC) in Bhojpur District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1,867 persons living in 367 individual households.
It is one of the growing towns in the southwestern part of the district, and one of the most remote VDCs in the Bhojpur district. It is 16 miles southwest of the district headquarters, Bhojpur Bazaar, and takes about a day and half of hiking to get to Balankha bazaar. The area of Balankha is 13 square kilometers.
Since the establishment of local High School in 2039 B.S, Balankha has been a Center point of this region for political and educational activities for a long time. However growth did not happen as expected due to the long political instability and desertion of local youths to cities and foreign lands for better opportunities. Now connected with road network coupled with political stability and other local development activities, the potential growth of this town is higher.
It borders Bopung (बोपुङ) Village of Khotang District. Its neighboring VDCs are Pancha (पाङ्चा), Dewantar(देवन्टार), Thidinkha (थिदिङ्खा), Yoo (यू), Dummana (दुम्माना), Pawala (पावला) and Wasing Tharpu(वाशिङ थर्पु). There are nine small villages better known as Wards. They are Sipak (सिपाक), Balankha (बालङ्खा), Chhongkha (छोङ्खा), Khakanla (खकन्ला), Phuintang (फुइन्ताङ), Karkigaun (कार्कीगाउ), Ragatung (रागातुङ), and Mayung (मैयुङ). The population of Balankha is about 2,000. The climate is semi tropical. The lands in higher elevation is known as "Lek" – and lands in lower elevation; usually areas along the riverbeds are known as "besi". Usually Besi is considered more fertile than Lek because of abundance of water.
Rice, corn (maize) and all tropical vegetables and fruits are grown in Besi. In Lek, soil is less fertile so people usually grow potatoes, corn, and millet.
There is a story behind the origin of the name Balankha. A long time ago, A Kirat Rai brother was traveling through this area with his pig. He spent a night here with his pig tied to little pole near by him. In the morning when he woke up he did not see his pig. He began to look for his pig saying "Baak Laamkhaa" (बाक लाम्खा ) meaning The pig got lost. He could not find his pig. He probably came back repeatedly to find his lost pig and asked help from locals too. In Rai Bantawa language "Baak" means a Pig and "Laamkhaa" means to get lost. So later on people began to call this place as Baak laamkha (place where the pig was lost). Over the course of time people started to pronounce as Balankha (बालंखा)
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