Lekhnath
Sign in to saveLekhnath () was a municipality in Kaski District in the Gandaki Province of northern-central Nepal, about 180 km west of Kathmandu. It has now been merged into Pokhara sub-metropolitan city to form Pokhara metropolis. Pokhara Valley was politically divided between Pokhara city and Lekhnath which occupied the eastern half of the valley. There were 18 wards in total in Lekhnath municipality before the merger, with a VDC Bharat Pokhari that had been added at a later stage.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lekhnath Municipality
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- लेखनाथ नगरपालिका
- Settlement.other_name
- Garden City of Seven Lakes
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- Former Municipality
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- 300px
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- Map of the village development committees in Rautahat District
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- Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal
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- bottom
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- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
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- District
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- Gandaki Province
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- Kaski District
- Settlement.established_title1
- Established
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1997
- Settlement.established_title2
- merged to Pokhara
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Lekhnath () was a municipality in Kaski District in the Gandaki Province of northern-central Nepal, about 180 km west of Kathmandu. It has now been merged into Pokhara sub-metropolitan city to form Pokhara metropolis. Pokhara Valley was politically divided between Pokhara city and Lekhnath which occupied the eastern half of the valley. There were 18 wards in total in Lekhnath municipality before the merger, with a VDC Bharat Pokhari that had been added at a later stage.
== Population == Total population of Lekhnath was 71,434 per 2011 census. Composition of the population was 86% Hindu, 8% Buddhist and 6% others. According to another statistics by the Population Census (C), Lekhnath has seen population changes from 30,107 as of 22 June 1991 contrasted to 41,369 (28 May 2001 per Population Census (Cf)) and 59,498 (22 June 2011 per Population Census (Cf)).