Bidur

Bidur Nagarpalika बिदुर नगरपालिक Bidur
Coordinates	27 ° 54 '12 "  N , 85 ° 8' 50"  E Coordinates: 27 ° 54 '12 "  N , 85 ° 8' 50"  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Bagmati
District	Nuwakot
height	580 m
surface	33.5 km²
Residents	26,750 (2011)
density	799  Ew. / km²
Website	www.munbidur.gov.np
11 wards
Nuwakot Palace

Bidur is a city ( municipality ) and the administrative seat of the Nuwakot District in Nepal , about 25 km (as the crow flies) northwest of Kathmandu .

Bidur lies on the upper reaches of the Trishuli . About 420 m above Bidur is the mountain village of Nuwakot and the fortress of the same name , after which the district is named. It was built in Malla style in the 18th century on the trade route between Tibet and the Kathmandu valley . Nuwakot belongs to a total of 9 Ghorka fortresses of Pritvi Narayan Shah and was the capital of his empire until his capture of Kathmandus in 1768. The urban area covers 33.48 km².

Residents

At the 2011 census, Bidur had 26,750 inhabitants (12,712 of whom were male) in 6,720 households.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.