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Bhaktapur District

Field	Value
name	Bhaktapur District
settlement_type	District
nickname	Khwopa
image_skyline	Kathmandu valley2.jpg
image_size	300px
image_caption	Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur District
image_map	Bhaktapur Bagmati locator.png
mapsize	300px
map_caption	Location in Bagmati Province
pushpin_map
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Nepal
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Bagmati Province
seat_type	Headquarters
seat	Bhaktapur
established_title
area_total_km2	119
population_as_of	2011
population_footnotes
population_note	2001 pop.: 225,461
1991 pop.: 172,952
1981 pop.: 159,767
population_total	304651
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	NPT
utc_offset	+5:45
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
area_code	+977-1

Note

the district

1991 pop.: 172,952 1981 pop.: 159,767

Bhaktapur District ( ; ) located in the eastern part of Kathmandu valley, is the smallest among seventy-seven districts of Nepal. It is part of Bagmati Province. Bhaktapur District Post Office is 44800. The district, with Bhaktapur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 119 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 304,651 of whom 9,701 people were absent (mostly working abroad).

Education

The average literacy rate of Bhaktapur is 81.68% (male 90.48%, female 72.65%), which is growing with educational awareness.

Geography and climate

Climate Zone	Elevation Range	% of Area
title = The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal – a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system	series = . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110.	year = 2005
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.	99.4%
Temperate	2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.	0.6%

Demographics

|graph-pos = bottom |graph-width = |graph-height = |1981 |159,767 |1991 |172,952 |2001 |225,461 |2011 |304,651 |2021 |430,408

At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Bhaktapur District had a population of 432,132. 6.48% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 87.96% and a sex ratio of 978 females per 1000 males. The entire population lived in municipalities.

Ethnicity wise: Khas are the largest group, making up 43% of the population. Newars are the largest single group, making up 36% of the population. Hill Janjatis, mainly Tamang and Magar, make up 18% of the population.

At the time of the 2021 census, 50.55% of the population spoke Nepali, 32.72% Nepal Bhasha, 9.53% Tamang, 1.51% Maithili and 1.44% Magar as their first language. In 2011, 45.9% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.

Municipalities

The district is divided into four municipalities:

Bhaktapur
Changunarayan
Madhyapur Thimi
Suryabinayak Municipality

Places of interest

Bhaktapur Durbar Square
Nagarkot
Changu Narayan
Kailashnath Mahadev Statue
Bode

Gallery

1 Bhairavnath Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, NEPAL 02.jpg|Bhairavnath Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square

Bhairavnath Temple at Bhaktapur- city of Devotees, NEPAL 02.jpg|Taumadhi Square, Bhaktapur Durbar Square

File:Dattatreya Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, NEPAL 01.jpg|Dattatreya Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square

Ta Pukhu (Siddha Pokhari), built during the reign of King Yakshya Malla in the early 15th century, Bhaktapur.jpg|Siddha Pokhari File:Pilot Baba Aasram.JPG|Pilot Baba Ashram, Gunduriya

References

"National Planning Commission Secretariat, Central Bureau of Statistics. Nepal".
"Statistical Year Book of Nepal – 2011".
(November 2012). "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
http://census.gov.np/images/pdf/Preliminary%20Leaflet%202011.pdf{{dead link. (July 2017)
"Census Nepal 2011".
"NEPAL: Administrative Division".
"Provincial/District/Local reports: Bagmati Province". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Table 1: Caste/Ethnicity and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Table 5: Mother tongue and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"NepalMap Language".
"Table 5: Religion and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).

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