Baluwa, Kathmandu
Baluwa is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal.
Baluwa is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 5,467 and had 1,204 houses in it. It is located at north-east side from the capital city of Nepal. It touch Nuwakot District to the north and Gorkna VDC to the south. In east side, there is Nayapati VDC and in west Kapan VDC.
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Worth seeing in and around Baluwa, Kathmandu
4 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.
- 01Budhanilkantha Temple
Budanilkantha Temple, located in Budhanilkantha, Nepal, is a Hindu open air temple dedicated to Lord Mahavishnu. Budhanilkantha Temple is also known as the Narayanthan Temple for Hindus, and can be identified by a large reclining statue of Lord Mahavishnu.
2.9 km · Hindu temple in Kathmandu District, Nepal · Wikipedia - 02Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park
Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park is the ninth national park in Nepal and was established in 2002. It is located in the country's mid-hills on the northern fringe of the Kathmandu Valley and named after Shivapuri Peak at 2,732 m altitude.
2.8 km · national park of Nepal · Wikipedia - 03Amitabha Monastery
Amitabha Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal.
3.6 km · Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal · Wikipedia - 04Gokarneshwor Mahadev temple
Gokarna Mahadev or Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple is an important Nepali temple, situated near the village of Gokarna, several kilometers northeast of Bodhnath in the Kathmandu Valley. Within the temple's sanctum lies an important lingam of the Hindu god Shiva, but its fame relies mainly on the collection of statues and carvings around the temple.
3.4 km · Hindu temple in Kathmandu district, Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Baluwa, Kathmandu
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 9 km · Pokhara (PHH), 143 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 197 km
- Pokhara → Baluwa, Kathmandu73 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · ₨580–770
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Baluwa, Kathmandu143 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₨830–1,110
- Siliguri → Baluwa, Kathmandu402 km · quickest by road, 11h 1m · ₹4,010–5,000
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No local-transport research exists yet for Baluwa, Kathmandu
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 Baluwa, Kathmandu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt is entirely possible to trek from one village to another in the Valley (some examples below), otherwise it is easy to hire a taxi or take local buses to get around the Kathmandu Valley.
- Go nextA good centre for trekking, most notably to the Annapurna area.
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Next door to Baluwa, Kathmandu
Baluwa, Kathmandu is 10 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Budhanilkanthamunicipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal2.8 km
- Chapali Bhadrakalihuman settlement in Nepal1.5 km
- Chunikhelhuman settlement in Nepal2.3 km
- Kapanhuman settlement in Nepal3.9 km
- Nayapatihuman settlement in Nepal2.8 km
- Pasikotvillage in Bagmati Zone, Nepal2.3 km