Village of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Bagmati Province, Nepal
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.
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.
How locals move
Getting around Baluwa, Kathmandu the local way
- 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. Last edited 2026-07.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Nabin K. Sapkota (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.