Bhimeshwar
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Bhimeshwar, (formerly Charikot), is a municipality in north-eastern Nepal and the headquarters of Dolakha District in Bagmati Province that was established in 1997 by merging the former village development committees Charikot, Dolakha Town, Makaibari, Mati, Suspaa, and Lankuri Danda. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 32,486 people living in 8,639 individual households. The town is located at an altitude of 1,554 metres (5,101 feet).
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Place details
- Locality
- भीमेश्वर
- Region
- बागमती प्रदेश
- Country
- नेपाल
- Population
- 40,000
- Timezone
- Asia/Kathmandu
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bhimeshwor
- Settlement.native_name
- भिमेश्वर
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Charikot.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Landscape near Charikot; from North of the town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bagmati Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dolakha District
- Settlement.government_type
- Mayor–council government
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mr. Ishwor Narayan Manandhar
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Nepal
- Official name
- भिमेश्वर
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Dolakha District
- Population
- 7349
- Time zone
- Nepal Standard Time
- Official website
- bhimeshwormun.gov.np/en
- Image
- Charikot Middle Town.jpg
- Dialing code
- 049
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- Commons category
- Charikot
- postal code
- 45500
- native label
- भिमेश्वर
- P12749
- 1321
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Boundaries
- Geography
- Transportation
- Schools and colleges
- Government schools
- Private boarding schools
- Government colleges
- Private colleges
- Government offices and hospitals
- Government offices
- Government hospitals
- Private hospitals
- Government offices
- Climate
- Demographics
- Media
- References
- External links
Bhimeshwar, (formerly Charikot), is a municipality in north-eastern Nepal and the headquarters of Dolakha District in Bagmati Province that was established in 1997 by merging the former village development committees Charikot, Dolakha Town, Makaibari, Mati, Suspaa, and Lankuri Danda. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 32,486 people living in 8,639 individual households. The town is located at an altitude of 1,554 metres (5,101 feet).
==Boundaries== The region is bordered by the Sun Kosi River on the west and the Khimti Khola River on the east. It is divided unequally by the River Tama Koshi and Charnawoti Khola, proportionately two-thirds to the west of the river and one-third to the east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bhimeshwar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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