Sikaribas is a village in the Thori village municipality of Parsa district in Madhes pradesh, on the border of Parsa National Park and Chitwan National Park. The village is surrounded by dense forest, and is known as the “home of hunters”. To get to the village from the Birgunj-Thori postal road, you need to go through about 7 kilometers of forest. The village has around 62 households and 287 people.
The village is also the route that wild elephants take from Parsa districts, towards Thori and Ayodyapuri VDC, and along the Chure range.
There is energy demand for basic household electricity and public services. The site has 62 households, agro mill, saw mill, school and health post. The public demand is for solar street lights, school, health post and temples.
Under the auspices of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Sunshine Energy and Peak Power delivered this micro-grid to a remote agrarian community in Thori which is South-East of Kathmandu and considered part of the Tarai region.