Bikuli, Kapilvastu

Bikuli is a small

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in the Kapilvastu

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, ward number 10 in the

Kapilvastu District Kapilvastu district ( ne, कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला ), often Kapilbastu, is one of the districts of Lumbini Province, Nepal. The district, with Kapilbastu municipality as its district headquarters, covers an area of and in ...

of western

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. The village was named Bikuli because, there were no water sources (Kulo) for

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in that village and hence meaning is without canals. Bikuli was new version of Bekulo ('Be' stands for 'not' and 'Kulo' stands for 'canals'). The village is situated 8 km north of the district

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, capital,

Taulihawa Kapilvastu (also known by name of Taulihawa) is a municipality and administrative center of Kapilvastu District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. The municipality is located roughly to the south-west of Lumbini, a UNESCO World Heritage Si ...

and 8.5 km north of the

Tilaurakot Tilaurakot is a neighborhood in Kapilvastu Municipality in Kapilvastu District, in the Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. Previously it was a Village development committee. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5684 people ...

, the proper kapilvastu, where Lord

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is said to have been born and grown up.It is situated in the 11 KM south from the 4 no jeetpur. While this is 12 km south from the East-West

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of Nepal. This place lies on the bank of the largest man-made Lake of Asia called Jagadishpur taal (lake). The lake also called

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, made for the collection of river water for the irrigation of the southern belt of the Kapilvastu District during the

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. More than 70% people in this village is

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. Many of the people are involved in the civil services . People in this village is very helpful . The major occupation of the people in this village is

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activities. Kapilvastu District {{Kapilvastu-geo-stub