 There is a small community of indigenous Kham Magar people as well as Tibetan refugees.The enclosing valley is drained to the west by the Uttar Ganga, tributary of the Bheri River, which in turn joins the Karnali River.The east-west orientation of Dhorpatan Valley offers an easy -- by himalayan standards -- route between the Karnali basin of western Nepal and the Gandaki River basin in the center, over a 3,400 meter pass on the watershed 18 km.