Kapilbastu

कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला Kapilbastu District
Location of the Kapilbastu district (red) in Nepal
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Province No. 5
Seat	Kapilavastu
surface	1738 km²
Residents	571,936 (2011 census)
density	329 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	NP-P5
VDC and cities (blue) in Kapilbastu

Coordinates: 27 ° 38 '  N , 83 ° 1'  E

The district of Kapilbastu (also Kapilvastu ; Nepali कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला Kapilbastu Jillā ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal .

The Kapilbastu District is part of the Lumbini Administrative Zone in the West Development Region . In 2001 the district had a population of 481,976; In 2011 there were 571,936. The administrative seat is the city of Kapilavastu in the Terai .

Historically, the district was part of the Shakya kingdom in northern India ; According to tradition, in the 6th century BC came from this family. BC Siddharta Gautama , the later Buddha .

Administrative division

Cities ( municipalities ) in Kapilbastu District:

• Banganga
• Bhrikuti
• Buddhabatika
• Kapilavastu
• Krishnanagar
• Shivaraj

Village Development Committees (VDCs) in Kapilbastu District:

• Abhirawa
• Ajingara
• Bahadurganj
• Balarampur
• Baluhawa
• Bangai
• Banganga
• Baraipur
• Barakulpur
• Basantapur
• Baskhaur
• Bedauli
• Bhagawanpur Choti
• Bhalabari
• Bhalwad
• Bijuwa
• Bithuwa
• Dhankauli
• Dharampaniya
• Dohani
• Dumara
• Ganeshpur
• Gauri
• Gugauli
• Haranampur
• Hardouna
• Hathihawa
• Jahadi
• Kajarhawa
• Khurhuriya
• Kushawa
• Labani
• Lalpur
• Maharajganj
• Mahuwa
• Manpur
• Milmi
• Nanda Nagar
• Nigalihawa
• Pakadi
• Parsohiya
• Patariya
• Patthardaihiya
• Phulika
• Pipra
• Purusottampur
• Ramghat
• Ramnagar
• Rangapur
• Sauraha
• Shivagadhi
• Singhkhor
• Sisawa
• Sivapur Palta
• Somdiha
• Taulihawa
• Thunhiya
• Tilaurakot
• Titirkhi
• Udayapur
• Vidhya Nagar

Web links

Commons : Kapilbastu District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics, Census 2011: National Report (pp. 51–52, Population Total and Area in Sq. Km ). ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2013 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. (PDF; 7.5 MB)