Bhaktapur District
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Bhaktapur district, located in the eastern part of Kathmandu valley, is the smallest among the seventy-five districts
Districts of Nepal
Nepal's 14 administrative zones are subdivided into 75 districts . These districts are listed below, by zone...

 of Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. The district, with Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur , also Bhadgaon or Khwopa is an ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone...

 as its district headquarters, covers an area of 119 km² and has a population (2001) of 225,461.

Municipalities and VDCs

Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur , also Bhadgaon or Khwopa is an ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone...

 and Madhyapur Thimi
Madhyapur Thimi
Madhyapur Thimi is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 47,751....

 are the only municipalities in the district, while there are no metropolitan cities. The twenty-one VDCs include Bageswori
Bageswori, Bhaktapur
Bageswori is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4438 with 771 houses....

, Balkot
Balkot, Bagmati
Balkot is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. The 1991 Nepal census shows it had a population of 4,811 with 820 houses....

, Balkumari
Balkumari, Bhaktapur
Balkumari is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 8790 with 1349 houses....

, Bode, Changunarayan, Chapacho
Chapacho
Chapacho is a poor and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7734 with 1186 houses in it....

, Chhaling
Chhaling
Chhaling is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6699 with 1120 houses in it....

, Chitpol
Chitpol
Chitpol is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4689 with 819 houses in it....

, Dadhikot
Dadhikot
Dadhikot is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5818 with 1031 houses in it....

, Duwakot
Duwakot
Duwakot is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5157 with 905 houses in it....

, Gundu, Jhaukhel
Jhaukhel
Jhaukhel is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,213 with 901 houses in it....

, Kautunje
Kautunje
Kautunje is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5888 with 1035 houses in it....

, Lokanthali
Lokanthali
Lokanthali is small town in the border of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur. It lies in the Madhyapur Thimi Municipality. Population over here has increased rapidly. As of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 5057, with 894 households.-References:...

, Nagadesh
Nagadesh
Nagadesh is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4237 with 693 houses in it....

, Nagarkot
Nagarkot
Nagarkot is a village and Village Development Committee located 32 km east of Kathmandu, Nepal in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,504 and had 655 houses in it. At an elevation of 2,195 meters, it is considered one of the...

, Nankhel
Nankhel
Nankhel is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4520 with 767 houses in it....

, Sipadol
Sipadol
Sipadol is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4568 with 796 houses in it....

, Sirutar
Sirutar
Sirutar is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3882 with 645 houses in it....

, Sudal
Sudal
Sudal is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6074 with 1081 houses in it....

, and Tathali
Tathali
Tathali is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4520 with 751 houses in it....

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