Suryabinayak Municipality ( ne, सुर्यविनायक नगरपालिका) is a
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in
Bagmati Province
Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provinc ...
in Central Nepal. It is the largest city of
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 ...
with a population of 137,971 with 23,637 households. It was created in December 2014 through the merger of the
Village development committees of
Kautunje (the municipality's centre
),
Sipadol,
Nankhel and
Chitpol. The municipality's name stems from the local
Suryavinayak Temple.
In March 2017, under new local level restructuring, Suryabinayak Municipality was expanded to include the neighboring municipality of Anantalingeshwor, adding four more previous VDCs of
Sirutar
Sirutar ( ne, सिरुटार) is a town located in Bhaktapur District . It comes under Suryabinayak Municipality.
Sirutar is a town and is situated in ward 1 of Suryabinayak Municipality in Bhaktapur District in Province no 3 of central ...
,
Gundu,
Dadhikot and
Balkot. According to 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 ...
, the predecessors of Suryabinayak Municipality had a population of 78,490.
Transportation
Different Buses from Dhulikhel and Panauti depart and arrive every of 5 min to Kathmandu. As well other different transport is available from Suryabinayak.
References
External links
Suryabinayak Municipality Official Page
{{Bhaktapur District
Populated places in Bhaktapur District
Nepal municipalities established in 2014
Cities in Nepal