1200 Voters in This Family of Assam!

Guwahati: An extended family residing in Assam’s Sonitpur district has 1200 members eligible to vote.

This extended family resides in the Nepali Paam village. All 300 families in the village belong to the same lineage, descendants of Ron Bahadur Thapa.

Currently, Ron Bahadur Thapa’s family has over 2500 members, with 1200 eligible voters.

Ron Bahadur Thapa, a Gorkha, settled in the Sonitpur district in the mid-20th century. He married five women and had 12 sons and 10 daughters. He passed away in 1997.

The Nepali Paam village, which falls under the Tezpur constituency, has a unique identity as it originated from a single family. As the family grew, they separated but settled nearby. Thus, this village was formed in the Phulaguri area and was called Nepali Paam.

Til Bahadur Thapa, the eldest son of Ron Bahadur Thapa is the present village head. Currently, except for two, all married daughters of Ron Bahadur Thapa live in Nepali Paam.