Chandragiri is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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 ...

Bagmati Province Bagmati Province (, ''Bāgmatī pradēśa'') is one of the seven Provinces of Nepal, provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. Bagmati is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest province by area. It is bordered ...

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that was declared as municipality on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village Development Committees Baad Bhanjyang, Balambu, Dahachok, Mahadevsthan,

Machhegaun Machhegaun (Sanskrit: मच्छेगाऊं) is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census ...

, Matatirtha, Naikap Naya Bhanjyang, Naikap Purano Bhanjyang,

Satungal Satungal (also known as Satyapur in the Newar language) is a village, formerly a Village Development Committee, in the Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 in central Nepal. At the 1991 Nepal census it had a populatio ...

Thankot Thankot is a village and former Village Development Committee (Nepal), Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. It lies in the lap of Chandragiri Hill, Nepa ...

and Tinthana. The urban administration is located in Balambu. The city's main attractions include

Chandragiri Hill, Nepal Hill () is seven kilometres from Thankot, and lies on the south-west side of Kathmandu Valley which is 2551 metres above sea level. The hill provides panoramic views of Kathmandu Valley and the Himalayan ranges from Annapurna to Everest ...

with its

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and Matatirtha which is famous for the Matatirtha Aunsi festival, a day to honour mothers and motherhood.

Population

Chandragiri municipality has a total population of 85,195 according to

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 ...

. The population grew to 136,860 at the

2021 Nepal census The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The census was originally scheduled from 8 June to 22 June 2021, but was postponed to November 2021 due to a surge in COVID-19 case ...

. Around 99.3% of the residents are Nepali citizens and 87.3% are

literate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

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Chandragiri
Populated places in Kathmandu District Nepal municipalities established in 2014 {{KathmanduDistrict-geo-stub