Kathmandu District

Kathmandu District

काठमाडौं जिल्ला
Kathmandu District काठमाडौं जिल्ला
District
	Kathmandu's skyline with Gaurishankar visible Ghanta Ghar Dharahara Pashupatinath Temple Narayanhiti Palace Kathmandu Durbar Square
	Location of district in Bagmati Province
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati Province
Admin HQ.	Kathmandu
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Kathmandu
Area
• Total	413.69 km2 (159.73 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	1,988,606
• Density	4,804/km2 (12,440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Main Language(s)	Nepali; Newari;
Website	Official website

Kathmandu District (Nepali: काठमाडौं जिल्लाListen^ⓘ; Nepal Bhasa: ये: जिल्ला) is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Province of Nepal. It is one of the 77 districts of Nepal, covers an area of 413.69 km² (159.73 sq mi), and is the most densely populated district of Nepal with 1,081,845 inhabitants in 2001, 1,744,240 in 2011 and 2,017,532 in 2021.^[1]^[2] The administrative headquarters of Kathmandu district is located in Kathmandu. The city has 21 post offices which handle mail from across the country and beyond, with Kathmandu DPO having 44,600 as its postal code for international mail delivery services like UPS or DHL Couriers etc.

^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011 – General and Social Characteristics Table" (PDF). Government of Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. February 2014. pp. 9(1), 10(2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "Nepal's population is 29,192,480". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[Census_2011_v5-1] "National Population and Housing Census 2011 – General and Social Characteristics Table" (PDF). Government of Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. February 2014. pp. 9(1), 10(2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

[2] "Nepal's population is 29,192,480". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

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