Bhimeshwar

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Bhimeshwar Nagarpalika
भीमेश्वर
नगरपालिका Bhimeshwar
Bhimeshwar (Nepal)
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Coordinates 27 ° 39 '48 "  N , 86 ° 2' 53"  E Coordinates: 27 ° 39 '48 "  N , 86 ° 2' 53"  E
Basic data
Country Nepal

province

Bagmati
District Dolakha
height 2000 m
surface 65 km²
Residents 22,537 (2011)
density 346.5  Ew. / km²
founding 1996
Website www.bhimeshwor.gov.np
13 wards
Charikot, center of Bhimeshwar
Charikot, center of Bhimeshwar

Bhimeshwar is a mountain town and the administrative seat of the Dolakha district in central Nepal , 135 km east of Kathmandu (70 km as the crow flies).

The city ( municipality ) lies on a ridge at an altitude of approx. 2000  m within sight of the Gaurishankar on the land route from Kathmandu to Mount Everest .

Bhimeshwar emerged in 1996 essentially from the village ( Village Development Committee ) Charikot and a number of incorporated neighboring villages. The term Charikot is therefore still in use. The urban area covers 65.04 km².

Residents

At the 2011 census, the city of Bhimeshwar had 22,537 inhabitants (10,489 male) in 6,076 households.

Web links

Commons : Charikot  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bhimeshwor.gov.np
  2. Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muannepal.org.np
  3. National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.