Mugu Village
Mugu is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Mugu District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. After Dolphu it is the second largest VDC in Mugu District which takes its name from it. It is located on the border with Tibet, China. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 898 people living in 181 individual households.
Mugu District is located in Province No. 6 of the Mid-western Region of Nepal. It borders with Dolpa District to the East, Bajura to the West, Humla and Tibbet of People Republic of China to the North and Kalikot and Jumla District to the South. The Mugu District has 3 Rural Municipalies, 1 Municipility, 1 Constituency of House of Representative and 2 Provincial Constituencies. Moreover, the District is also divided into 4 broad geographical areas; Khatyad area, Soru area, Gam area and Karan area. The DCC, with Gamgadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 3,103 km2 and has a population of 55286 as per census 2011. The Mugu lies in the High-Hills.
The lowest elevation point is 1,201 meter and the highest elevation point is 6,717 meter from mean sea level. MuguKarnali, HumlaKarnali and Khatyad are the major rivers in Mugu. The biggest lake called Rara Tal is located in this District. As a result of the elevation differences, the District has four different types of climate. The annual rainfall is about 706 mm and temperatures vary from 0 ºC to 30 ºC. Only 5 % of total areas are cultivable in Mugu District. Due to low level of agricultural production, the majority of the According to the National Census 2011, the total population of the DCC is 55,286 comprising 27,261 female (49%) and 28,025 male (51%) residing in 9,619 households. Mugu DCC has an average population density of around 18 people per square km. The average family size is 6.1. The average literacy rate is about 49% (38% female and 60% male are literate). Mugu DCC has a multi ethnic composition with Chhetri, Thakuri, Brahman, Tamang Sherpa Bhote Lama, Damai, Kami, Newar, Kumal, Sunar, Bitalu and Yogi. The common language is Nepali (89%) followed by Bhot (10%).
Talcha Airport is located at an altitude of 2,735 meters above the sea level in Rara National Park in the Mugu district.
Talcha is a small area located in Rara National Park in Mugu District of Nepal. It is a remote area which lies in Mid Western Region of Nepal. It lies about 219 Miles i.e. 353 Km North-west of Kathmandu valley. It has a tiny airport in heart of Rara National Park serving its whole regions. It also has some nearby airports of Simikot and Jumla but it differs in many ways.
NepalgunjTalcha (Rara) Flight are very popular domestic flights of Nepal as it is the only way to get into Rara region because no any means of easy transportation is reachable there yet. So, these NepalgunjTalcha (Rara) Flights are gaining more highlights among travelers and locals accessing Rara Region and Mugu district cutting down the long trips and saving cost. NepalgunjTalcha (Rara) Flights really has proved as handy in many aspects. Tara air operates daily flights from Nepalgunj.
Talcha Airport, also known as Rara Airport, is a small airportThere are daily flights between Nepalgunj andsurkhet in good weather. Although the flying distance is short (30 to 45 Minutes), weather differs raining in Talcha while the sun is shining in nepalgunj.
The paved tarmac is only accessible to helicopters and small fixed wing short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft such as Twin Otters or Dornier Do 228. There is about a 700-metre (2,000 ft) angled drop at the end of the runway to the valley below. The airport is contained within a chain link fence and patrolled by the Nepal armed police or civil police around the clock.