SYALAPAKHA:

Syalapakha is a village development committee in Rukum District in the Rapti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4596 people living in 905 individual households.^[1]

INTRODUCTION

All the talking about this district will be almost worthless if we don't mention the Maoist insurgencywhich supposedly initiated from this district and Rolpa, along with the name of Rukum. It remained the stronghold and heartland of the Maoist insurgents for the entire period of the insurgency. Many of the main leaders of Maoist are from this district and many insurgents who died during the decade long war are also from this district.