Dhapasi
Dhapasi is a residentially preferred village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Tokha Municipality, just outside the Kathmandu Ring Road, in Kathmandu District in Province No.
Dhapasi is a residentially preferred village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Tokha Municipality, just outside the Kathmandu Ring Road, in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 31,406 and had 8,202 households in it.
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Worth seeing in and around Dhapasi
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.
- 01Narayanhiti Palace
The Narayanhiti Palace Museum is a public museum in Kathmandu, Nepal located east of the Kaiser Mahal and next to Thamel. The museum was created in 2008 from the complex of the former Narayanhiti Palace following the 2006 revolution.
4 km · palace in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 02Kopan Monastery
Kopan Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a member of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, an international network of Gelugpa dharma centers, and once served as its headquarters.
3.5 km · tibetan Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 03Amitabha Monastery
Amitabha Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal.
3.8 km · Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal · Wikipedia - 04Sankha park
Sankha Park is a park near Chappal Karkhana, Kathmandu. The residents visit the park for picnicking, meeting and morning walk.
2.2 km · park in Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dhapasi
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 7 km · Pokhara (PHH), 138 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 191 km
- Pokhara → Dhapasi146 km · quickest by road, 3h 52m · ₨760–1,010
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Dhapasi186 km · quickest by road, 4h 56m · ₨950–1,270
- Siliguri → Dhapasi327 km · quickest by road, 7h 23m · ₹3,200–4,000
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dhapasi
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 Dhapasi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy pre-arranged transfers – Available from most hotels and included in most trekking/touring packages.
- Get inYour hotel or trekking company may also be able to help.
- Get inBuses and minivans run between Kathmandu and the Nepalese border town of Kodari, across the Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge from the Tibetan city of Zhangmu.
- Get inPrivate jeeps (US$60 for up to 4 people) are a quicker option, and can make this journey in 4 hours.
- Get inSunauli — rickshaw to the Nepalese border city of Bhairahawa (ten minutes from Sunauli).
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Next door to Dhapasi
Dhapasi is 5 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Tokhamunicipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal300 m
- Dharmasthalihuman settlement in Nepal3.2 km
- Tarakeshwormunicipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal3.5 km
- Tokha Sarswotihuman settlement in Nepal1.1 km
- Gonggabuhuman settlement in Nepal1.2 km
- Khadka Bhadrakalihuman settlement in Nepal1.5 km