Bode is an ancient Newar city in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, about eight miles from the capital city, Kathmandu.The city is famous for Biska Jatra and tongue piercing and Nilbharahi Naach. At the time of 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 ...

it had a population of 6,364 with 1,389 houses. Bode West

Bode Planning, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Bode Planning (area approximately 69 acres) is a small planned area located in the Bode, Bhaktapur of Nepal. Mostly the people from outer valley are living here. The office of "Agriculture Training Center" is located in this place.

Bode as Agriculture

Most of the people in Bode work in agriculture, including

horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

and animal husbandry.

Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

is the most common agricultural crop. Other crops are

Maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

and

Vegetables Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, ...

Festivals

Bode is also known as city of festivals and celebrations. The city celebrates festivals each month starting from new year to the Holi puni at the end of the year. * Biska jatra (New year festival) * Mother's Day (Mathathirtha Aunshi) * Buddha purnima (Buddha purnima) * Kumar Khasti (Sithi Nakha) * Gathamaga charya * Sa: Paaru (Gai Jatra) * Neel Barahi Naach * Father's day (Kushe Aushi) * Pulu Kisi (Indra Jatra) * Dashain (Nawaratri) * Tihar (Kija puja, Mha puja) * Sakima punhi * Dhanya purnima (Yomari purnima) * Maghe sankranti (Ghya-chaku sankranti) (Makar Sankranti) * Shree panchami * Shiva ratri * Holi (Holi purnima) * Karkat sakranti (celebrated on Shrawan 1 of Nepali Calendar)

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