Pasikot
Pasikot, situated at Budhanilkantha Municipality, is a village in Budhanilkantha in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province before being incorporated into the city of Budhanilkantha in Nepal.

Pasikot, situated at Budhanilkantha Municipality, is a village in Budhanilkantha in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province before being incorporated into the city of Budhanilkantha in Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 15,421.
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Worth seeing in and around Pasikot
5 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.
1.3 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.
3.9 km · national park of Nepal · Wikipedia - 03Kopan 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.
2.7 km · tibetan Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 04Amitabha Monastery
Amitabha Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal.
2.5 km · Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal · Wikipedia - 05Gokarneshwor 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.
3.7 km · Hindu temple in Kathmandu district, Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pasikot
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 8 km · Pokhara (PHH), 141 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 195 km
- Pokhara → Pasikot7283 km · quickest by air, 15h 44m · ₨82,420–127,750
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → PasikotTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Siliguri → PasikotTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- 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 Pasikot
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 Pasikot. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Kathmandu Valley, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Pasikot
Pasikot is 9 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Tokha Sarswotihuman settlement in Nepal3.7 km
- Baluwa, Kathmanduhuman settlement in Nepal2.3 km
- Chapali Bhadrakalihuman settlement in Nepal2 km
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