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Tilahar

Tilahar is a village development committee in Parbat District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4218 people living in 863 individual households. Tilahar is also home to a charity funding construction of schools around remote areas of Nepal. It raises funding through donations and exporting blankets to overseas.

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Tilahar is a village development committee in Parbat District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4218 people living in 863 individual households. Tilahar is also home to a charity funding construction of schools around remote areas of Nepal. It raises funding through donations and exporting blankets to overseas.

Key claims

  1. population: 4218 people — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the population is "4218 people". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377951067

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