Nuwakot District

The name 'Nuwakot' is composed of two words 'nawa' and 'kort'. Nawa' means nine in Nepali and 'kort' means sacred religious sites on top of hills. Accordingly, the district has nine hills on which various deities are said to dwell and watch over and protect Nuwakot. This has led to Nuwakot often being referred to as the "City of Nine Hills". The Gorkhali king Prithivi Narayan Shah invaded Nuwakot, which was under the rule of Jaya Prakash Malla, and made Nuwakot the capital of his kingdom. {{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

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|1981 |202,976

|1991 |245,260

|2001 |288,478

|2011 |277,471

|2021 |262,981

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At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Nuwakot District had a population of 277,471.

As their first language, 54.5% spoke Nepali, 40.1% Tamang, 2.0% Newari, 0.9% Lepcha, 0.4% Gurung, 0.4% Kumhali, 0.4% Rai, 0.2% Magar, 0.2% Sherpa, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Ghale, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Yolmo, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Urdu and 0.2% other languages. NepalMap Language [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=district-48&geo_ids=district-48,province-3,country-NP]

Ethnicity/caste: 43.0% were Tamang, 19.0% Hill Brahmin, 12.5% Chhetri, 7.4% Newar, 3.6% Rai, 3.2% Kami, 2.3% Magar, 1.7% Damai/Dholi, 1.7% Sarki, 1.0% Gurung, 0.9% Kumal, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.4% Ghale, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.3% Thakuri, 0.2% Majhi, 0.2% Sherpa, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% Yolmo, 0.1% Musalman, 0.1% Sonar, 0.1% Sunuwar and 0.4% others. NepalMap Caste [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=district-48&geo_ids=district-48,province-3,country-NP]

Religion: 57.8% were Hindu, 40.0% Buddhist, 1.6% Christian, 0.2% Kirati, 0.1% Muslim and 0.3% others. NepalMap Religion [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=district-48&geo_ids=district-48,province-3,country-NP]

Literacy: 59.5% could read and write, 3.6% could only read and 36.7% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literacy [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=district-48&geo_ids=district-48,province-3,country-NP]

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The district consists of 12 municipalities, out of which two are urban municipalities and ten are rural municipalities. These are as follows:{{cite web |title=स्थानिय तह |url=http://103.69.124.141/ |publisher=Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration |access-date=1 September 2018 |language=ne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831065451/http://103.69.124.141/ |archive-date=31 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}

• Bidur Municipality
• Belkotgadhi Municipality
• Kakani Rural Municipality
• Panchakanya Rural Municipality
• Likhu Rural Municipality
• Dupcheshwar Rural Municipality
• Shivapuri Rural Municipality
• Tadi Rural Municipality
• Suryagadhi Rural Municipality
• Tarkeshwar Rural Municipality
• Kispang Rural Municipality
• Myagang Rural Municipality

Nuwakot, being a hilly area with very less plains, most of the areas are still undeveloped. In last few years, huge changes are observable. The city areas are provided with schools, colleges, hospitals and the road infrastructure is also developed. Two hydro power stations are currently in operation, and from 2020 the first part of the biggest solar power station (Nuwakot Solar Power Station) was consented to the electric grid of Nepal. People are dependent on agriculture, teaching, foreign economy, livestock farming, business, hotels, Agro Tourism, Eco-Tourism and Khadya Bank, etc.

Jiling is recognized as an SEZ Area where business flourishes and there is an intent to grow business and economy of Nuwakot. NEPAL KHADYA BANK LTD. has established at Kashitar to serve farmers in Food Security, Food Banking, Grain Storage, Supply and Distribution.

Nuwakot, Bagmati : A seven-storey palace lies on the top of Bidur Municipality. Views of Nuwakot can be observed from the spot.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

File:Nuwakot Saat Talle Durbar.jpg

Trishuli River : One of the major river of Saptagandaki passes right through mid area of Nuwakot.

Kakani : A gateway from Kathmandu to Nuwakot. A common place for observing sunset and the mountains.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Devighat : Near the union of Trishuli and Suryamati (Tadi) river lies devighat. This place is historically important.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} The death place of the great king Prithvi Narayan Shah lies here.

Kashitar : One of the major place where people work in Eco Tourism, Agri Tourism and Food Security.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Nuwakot, being mainly Hindu by religion, has many historically as well as religiously important places.

• Bhairavi Temple
• Jalpa devi Temple
• Dupcheshwar Mahadev Temple
• Chimteshor Mahadev
• Bandevi Temple
• Panchakanya Temple
• Indra Kamala Temple

Indrakamala Mai Temple is a religious and cultural place in Nuwakot district, which is 18 km far from Bidur the headquarter of Nuwakot and 8 km from Kakani Rural Municipality Office. It lies in the Kakani Rural Municipality ward number -8 under Bagmati province. It is surrounded with natural greenery and located at the beach of the three gorges where thousands of devotees come for worshiping god Indrakamala basically in Dashain. It is believed to achieved aims and desires after worshiping.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

• Nuwakot, Bagmati
• Bidur
• Kakani

• Hit bhadur tamang
• Ram Sharan Mahat
• Arjun Narasingha KC
• Prakash Chandra Lohani
• Mahendra Bahadur Pandey
• Kedar Narsingh KC
• Narayan Prasad Khatiwada
• Kishor Nepal{{Cite web| last = संवाददाता| first = केन्द्रबिन्दु| title = किशोर नेपाल : गुरु कि गडफादर ? (भिडियो सहित)| accessdate = 2021-08-12| url = https://kendrabindu.com/others/7960-1612474632.html}}

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