Tokha
Tokha is a municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of Nepal established 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Dhapasi, Jhor Mahankal, Gongabu, Tokha Chandeshwari and Tokha Saraswati.
Tokha is a municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of Nepal established 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Dhapasi, Jhor Mahankal, Gongabu, Tokha Chandeshwari and Tokha Saraswati. The municipality derives its name from the historical town of Tokha.
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Worth seeing in and around Tokha
3 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.
3.9 km · Hindu temple in Kathmandu District, 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.
4 km · tibetan Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 03Sankha park
Sankha Park is a park near Chappal Karkhana, Kathmandu. The residents visit the park for picnicking, meeting and morning walk.
3.2 km · park in Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tokha
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 8 km · Pokhara (PHH), 137 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 191 km
- Pokhara → Tokha145 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · ₨750–1,010
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Tokha186 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · ₨950–1,270
- Siliguri → Tokha328 km · quickest by road, 7h 24m · ₹3,200–4,000
- 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 Tokha
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 Tokha. 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 Tokha
Tokha is 6 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Dharmasthalihuman settlement in Nepal2.8 km
- Tarakeshwormunicipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal2.9 km
- Dhapasihuman settlement in Nepal1 km
- Gonggabuhuman settlement in Nepal1.9 km
- Khadka Bhadrakalihuman settlement in Nepal1.2 km