Khokana
Sign in to saveKhokana is a former Village Development Committee (VDC) which has been merged with the neighbouring VDC's of Bungamati, Chhampi, Dukuchhap, Sainbu and other 38 VDC's to form the Metropolitan City of Lalitpur in Lalitpur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Khokana had a population of 4258 living in 699 individual households. According to 2011 Nepal census, Khokana had a population of 4927 living in 1056 individual households.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Khokana
- Settlement.other_name
- Jitapur
- Settlement.native_name
- खोना
- Settlement.nickname
- land of oil/ khona
- Settlement.settlement_type
- part of lalitpur Metropolitant
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dyo Pukhu 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Dyo Pukhu Jatra
- 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
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bagmati Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lalitpur District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 12786
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- Tradition & Culture
- Festivals and Rituals
- Sikhali Jatra
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Khokana is a former Village Development Committee (VDC) which has been merged with the neighbouring VDC's of Bungamati, Chhampi, Dukuchhap, Sainbu and other 38 VDC's to form the Metropolitan City of Lalitpur in Lalitpur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Khokana had a population of 4258 living in 699 individual households. According to 2011 Nepal census, Khokana had a population of 4927 living in 1056 individual households.
Khokana, a traditional and small Newari village about 8 kilometers south of Kathmandu (on the outskirts of Patan). Khokana is mainly known for the production of rich mustard oil since ancient time. It was also the first town in Nepal to be lit with electricity in 1911 AD during the reign of Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher.