Balambu is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and former Village Development Committee that is now part of

Chandragiri Municipality Chandragiri is a List of cities in Nepal, municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of Nepal that was declared as municipality on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committee (Nepal), Village Development Committ ...

Kathmandu District Kathmandu District (; Nepal Bhasa: ये: जिल्ला) is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Province of Nepal. It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, covers an area of , and is the most densely populated dist ...

in Province No. 3 of central

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. At the time of the

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

it had a population of 7,323 and had 1,734 houses in it.

Place to visit

Chandragiri Hills

Chandragiri Cable Car is a lift transportation system located in Kathmandu. Opened in 2016, the cable car runs from Thankot to Chandragiri Hills. The 2.4 km (9,095 ft) line has two stations. The cable car system consists of 38 gondolas. The Chandragiri Hills has Bhaleshwor Mahadev, one of the ancient temples which located in the hill above 2551 meters of sea level. Most of the tourists come to visit Thankot to visit Chandragiri Hills. The travelers are mostly from Kathmandu valley and outside of valley. It also promotes tourism and helps the local livelihood. It also attracts foreign tourist. It costs 700 rupees for a round trip for locals and about $22 for foreigners.

Tribhuwan Park

Tribhuwan Park is a park in Kathmandu. It is the most famous picnic destination inside Kathmandu Valley and on Saturdays is full picnic enjoying people. The rates to visit park is 40 rupees for local people with separate rates for picnics. The park was created to remember King Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shaha Dev. It has plants of different species, gardens, and a view of the mountains and the valleys belo

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Matatirtha Temple

Matatirtha Temple is an iconic destination for religious tourism. It is located in Matatirtha. The word Matatirtha comes from two Sanskrit words, , meaning "mother" and meaning "sacred place". The VDC owes its name from a sacred pond in the VDC dedicated to mother. On Mother's Day, people from different places visit the temple because temple is dedicated to mothers, and to swim in the pon

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Language

The language of Balambu is

Nepal Bhasa Newar (; , ) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding regions in Nepal. The language is known officially in Nepal as Nepal Bhas ...

's Lalitpur dialect with a few informal changes.

References

{{Kathmandu District Populated places in Kathmandu District