Jhaukhel
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|name = Jhaukhel
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|native_name = झौखेल
|nickname = Sunderthali, Hanumantar{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
|settlement_type = Town in Changunarayan Municipality
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Province No. 3
| subdivision_name2 = Bhaktapur
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|population_total = 5213
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|population_blank2 =Hindu
|timezone = Nepal Time
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Jhaukhel ({{langx|ne|झौखेल}}) is a town and former village development committee that is now part of Changunarayan Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal.{{cite web |url=http://www.changunarayanmun.gov.np/ |title=Home |website=changunarayanmun.gov.np}} This is one of the oldest places in Bhaktapur. As of 2012, the population was 16,918.{{Cite journal |title=Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Nepal: 2012 follow-up survey and use of skilled birth attendants |year=2015 |pmc=4689124 |last1=Choulagai |first1=BP |last2=Aryal |first2=UR |last3=Shrestha |first3=B |last4=Vaidya |first4=A |last5=Onta |first5=S |last6=Petzold |first6=M |last7=Krettek |first7=A |journal=Global Health Action |volume=8 |pages=10.3402/gha.v8.29396 |doi=10.3402/gha.v8.29396 |pmid=26700175 }} Most people in this area are engaged in agriculture. About 80% of the inhabitants are Newar people.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |accessdate=26 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=12 October 2008 }} The remaining 20% includes the population of Chettri, Brahmin, Magar, Tamang, and many more.