Kapilvastu District

Kapilvastu District कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला
District
Tilaurakot, Kapilvastu Ancient Shakya Capital
Location of Kapilvastu (dark yellow) in Lumbini Province
Country	Nepal
Province	Lumbini Province
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Kapilvastu
Area
• Total	1,738 km2 (671 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	686,739
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Telephone Code	076
Main Language(s)	Awadhi, Tharu, Nepali
Website	www.ddckapilvastu.gov.np

Kapilvastu District (Nepali: कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला [ˈkʌpilbʌstu] ^ⓘ), often Kapilbastu, is one of the districts of Lumbini Province, Nepal. The district, with Kapilbastu municipality as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,738 square kilometres (671 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 481,976, which increased to 571,936 in 2011 and later according 2021 census it further increased to 686,739 Kapilvastu district has 3 number of seats for central whereas 6 seats for state level elections.