# Budhanilkantha

_Municipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/budhanilkantha
Last updated: 2026-10-02

> Budhanilkantha is a city and municipality in Kathmandu district of Bagmati province of Nepal. It is the 3rd largest city in the Kathmandu Valley after Kathmandu and Lalitpur. As per 2021 Nepal census, the city population was 179,688 and 26,678 households.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** municipality of Nepal; human settlement ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2385194#P31))
- **Located in:** Kathmandu District (district of Nepal) › Bagmati Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2385194#P131))
- **Official website:** budhanilkanthamun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2385194#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 27.7758, 85.3619

## Questions

**Where is Budhanilkantha located?**  
Budhanilkantha is located in Kathmandu District, Bagmati Province, Nepal.

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- [Budhanilkantha Temple](https://diginpl.com/places/budhanilkantha-temple)
- [Bagmati Province](https://diginpl.com/places/bagmati-province)
- [Kathmandu District](https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu-district)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Budhanilkantha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budhanilkantha) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): बूढानीलकण्ठ](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q2385194](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2385194) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Jhanda-park.jpg by Mithunkunwar9 (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jhanda-park.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Budhanilkantha, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jhanda-park.jpg — Mithunkunwar9, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Budhanilkantha". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/budhanilkantha. Retrieved 21 October 2026.