Gudel
गुदेल | |
|---|---|
  Gudel Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°29′N 86°53′E / 27.48°N 86.88°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Zone | Sagarmatha Zone |
| District | Solukhumbu District |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 3,489 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Gudel is a village development committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,489 in 712 individual households.[1] The people are part of the Kulung culture.
The village is the home of Mauli Dhan who was featured in a set of videos and an article for National Geographic as the ""Last Honey Hunter", the last to maintain the traditional practice of dangerously retrieving hallucinogenic honey from hives on the walls of local cliffs.[citation needed]
Gudel is not well-connected with roads and transport.
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.