Budhanilkantha
Budhanilkantha is a city and municipality in Kathmandu district of Bagmati province of Nepal.
It is the 3rd largest city in the Kathmandu Valley after Kathmandu and Lalitpur. As per 2021 Nepal census, the city population was 179,688 and 26,678 households.
Budhanilkantha बूढानीलकण्ठ | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Budhanilkantha Municipality | |
  _-_IMG_09.jpg)  From top, left to right: Budhanilkantha skyline from Jhanda Park, Budhanilkantha School, Budhanilkantha Temple, Snow clad Shivapuri hills seen from the playground. | |
  Budhanilkantha Location in Nepal  Budhanilkantha Budhanilkantha (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27°46′N 85°22′E / 27.767°N 85.367°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Bagmati |
| District | Kathmandu |
| Named for | Budhanilkantha Temple |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mitharam Adhikari (UML) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Anita Lama (UML) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 179,688 |
| • Rank | 14th (Nepal) 5th (Bagmati Province) |
| • Density | 5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Bahun Chhetri Newar Tamang Magar |
| • Religions | Hindu Buddhist |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Website | http://budhanilkanthamun.gov.np |
It was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Hattigauda, Khadka Bhadrakali, Chapali Bhadrakali, Mahankal, Bishnu, Chunikhel and Kapan. The city is situated at the foot of Shivapuri hill. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, the VDC of Budhanilkantha had a population of 15,421.
The municipality is named after the sacred Budhanilkantha Temple. The Budhanilkantha School is also located within the municipality.
Gallery
See also
References
External links
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article Budhanilkantha, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.