Balkot ( ne, बालकोट) is located in
Bhaktapur District
Bhaktapur district ( ne, भक्तपुर जिल्ला; Nepal Bhasa : ख्वप देश (जिल्ला) located in the eastern part of Kathmandu valley, is the smallest district among the seventy-seven districts of Nep ...
in the
Bagmati Provience of central
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. In 2015, it was merged with Sirutar, Gundu and Dadhikot to form Anantalingeshowr Municipality. In March 2017, under new local level restructuring, Anantalingeswor Municipality is merged with
Suryabinayak Municipality
Suryabinayak Municipality ( ne, सुर्यविनायक नगरपालिका) is a city in Bagmati Province in Central Nepal. It is the largest city of Bhaktapur district with a population of 137,971 with 23,637 households. It was ...
.
Currently, former Primeminister of Nepal
KP Sharma Oli
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli ( ne, खड्गप्रसाद शर्मा ओली, ; born 22 February 1952) is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served three terms as prime minister from 11 October 2015 to 3 Augu ...
live in Balkot.
The
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...
shows it had a population of 15,881 with 3,999 houses.
References
Populated places in Bhaktapur District
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