Balambu
Balambu is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No.
Balambu is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,323 and had 1,734 houses in it.
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Worth seeing in and around Balambu
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tribhuvan University
Tribhuvan University is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest and the largest university in Nepal.
3.9 km · public university in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 02Halchowk Stadium
Halchowk Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal. The stadium can accommodate 5,000 spectators.
3.9 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 03Bagh Bhairab Temple
Bagh Bhairab Temple is a historic Hindu temple dedicated to Bagh Bhairab, an incarnation of Shiva as a tiger. It is located in Kirtipur, Bagmati Province, Nepal and dates back to the 16th century.
3.5 km · HIndu temple in Kirtipur, Kathmandu · Wikipedia - 04Tribhuvan University Central Library
Tribhuvan University Central Library is an academic library. It is the largest public library in Nepal.
3.8 km · public library in Nepal · Wikipedia - 05Seto Gumba
Seto Gumba also known as Druk Amitabh Mountain, is a Buddhist monastery in Nepal. It is located in the Nagarjun Municipality of Kathmandu District.
3.1 km · Buddhist monastery in Nepal · Wikipedia - 06Matatirtha Temple
Matatirtha Temple is a Hindu temple in Matatirtha, Chandragiri Municipality, Nepal. The temple is famous for the Matatirtha Aunsi festival, a day to honour mothers and motherhood.
2.9 km · Hindu temple in Nepal · Wikipedia - 07Nepal Olympic Museum
The 'Nepal Olympic Museum' is a non-profit cultural and educational institution located in Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1994 A.D., it holds the distinction of being the first and only Olympic museum in the South Asian region.
3.9 km · Museum in Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Balambu
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 11 km · Pokhara (PHH), 133 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 183 km
- Pokhara → Balambu156 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · ₨810–1,080
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Balambu195 km · quickest by road, 5h 17m · ₨1,010–1,350
- Siliguri → Balambu317 km · quickest by road, 7h 11m · ₹3,130–3,910
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Balambu
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Balambu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextVisit Kathmandu, perhaps as a day trip from the relative quiet of Kirtipur.
From Wikivoyage: Kirtipur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.
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Next door to Balambu
Balambu is 7 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Tinthanahuman settlement in Nepal2.6 km
- Machhegaunhuman settlement in Nepal3.5 km
- Chandragiri Municipalitymunicipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal1.9 km
- Satungalhuman settlement in Nepal2.2 km
- Sitapailahuman settlement in Nepal3.1 km
- Nagarjun Municipalitymunicipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal3.7 km