Chharka

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Chharka is a village development committee in Dolpa District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 552 persons living in 101 individual households.^[1] In the 2001 Nepal census it was found that 627 people identified as Buddhist and seven people identified as Hindu. It also stated that 544 people in 2001 were actually literate, 259 male and 285 female. there were also a total of 438 people who were non literate, 183 males and 255 females.^[2] Also according to the 2001 Nepal census there were a total of 634 people living in Chharka. Over one third of this population were in the age group of 4–19 years of age while only roughly about 9% of the population were the age of 50 or over.

Chharka छर्का
Municipality
Chharka Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29.07°N 83.45°E / 29.07; 83.45
Country	Nepal
Zone	Karnali Zone
District	Dolpa District
Elevation	4,300 m (14,100 ft)
Population  (1991)
• Total	552
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)