Kathmandu District
Kathmandu District is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Province of Nepal.
Kathmandu District is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Province of Nepal. It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, covers an area of 413.69 km2 (159.73 sq mi), and is the most densely populated district of Nepal with 1,081,845 inhabitants in 2001, 1,744,240 in 2011 and 2,041,587 in 2021. The administrative headquarters of Kathmandu district is located in Kathmandu. The city has 21 post offices which handle mail from across the country and beyond, with Kathmandu DPO having 44,600 as its postal code for international mail delivery services like UPS or DHL Couriers etc.
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Worth seeing in and around Kathmandu District
10 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.
- 01Dharahara
Dharahara or Bhimsen Stambha, is a 72-metre-tall tower at the centre of Sundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal. It was first built in 1832 by Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa under the commission of Queen Lalit Tripurasundari and was a part of the architecture of Kathmandu recognized by UNESCO. It has been destroyed and reconstructed several times.
1.2 km · nine storey tower built in 1832 · Wikipedia - 02Tribhuvan 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.
2.7 km · public university in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 03Narayanhiti 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.
2.6 km · palace in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 04Basantapur Durbar Square
Kathmandu Durbar Square is a historically and culturally significant site in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is one of the three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
800 m · square in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 05Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
Dasharath Rangasala is a multi-purpose stadium in Tripureshwar, Kathmandu. It is named after Dasharath Chand, one of the four great martyrs of Nepal.
1.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 06Patan Durbar Square
Patan Durbar Square is situated at the centre of the city of Lalitpur in Nepal. It is one of the three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley, all of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
3.9 km · square in Lalitpur, Nepal · Wikipedia - 07Singha Durbar
Singha Durbar is a palace in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The palace complex lies in the centre of Kathmandu, to the north of Babar Mahal and Thapathali Durbar and east of Bhadrakali Temple.
2.5 km · palace in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 08Hanuman Dhoka
Hanuman Dhoka is a complex of structures with the Royal Palace of the Malla kings and also of the Shah dynasty in the Durbar Square of central Kathmandu, Nepal. The Hanuman Dhoka Palace gets its name from the stone image of Hanuman, the Hindu deity, that sits near the main entryway.
900 m · kathmandu's old royal palace · Wikipedia - 09Ranipokhari
Rani Pokhari, originally known as Nhu Pukhu (Newar: 𑐴𑑂𑐣𑐹 𑐥𑐸𑐏𑐹; lit.
1.8 km · reservoir in Nepal · Wikipedia - 10Asan
Asan is a ceremonial, market and residential square in central Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. It is one of the most well-known historical locations in the city and is famed for its bazaar, festival calendar and strategic location.
1.5 km · square in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kathmandu District
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 6 km · Pokhara (PHH), 137 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 187 km
- Pokhara → Kathmandu District9708 km · quickest by air, 17h 44m · ₨106,730–165,420
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Kathmandu DistrictTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Siliguri → Kathmandu District45 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · ₹390–490
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Kathmandu District
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 Kathmandu District. 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 Kathmandu District
Kathmandu District is 2 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.