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The majority of people in Dhulikhel are Newars, and Brahmin, Chhettri, Tamang and Dalit are also living in outer area of the town.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"human settlement","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486972"},{"text":"municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492039"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576437#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Kavrepalanchok District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28569","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kavrepalanchok-district"},{"text":"Bagmati Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104015","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/bagmati-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576437#P131"}},{"key":"population","label":"Population","values":[{"text":"14,283","value":14283.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576437#P1082"}},{"key":"elevation","label":"Elevation","values":[{"text":"1,550 m","value":1550.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576437#P2044"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"dhulikhemunl.gov.np","url":"http://www.dhulikhemunl.gov.np"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576437#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhulikhel","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%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","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576437","http://www.dhulikhemunl.gov.np"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Dhulikhel located?","a":"Dhulikhel is located in Kavrepalanchok District, Bagmati Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the population of Dhulikhel?","a":"The population of Dhulikhel is 14,283."},{"q":"What is the elevation of Dhulikhel?","a":"Dhulikhel is at an elevation of 1,550 m above sea level."}],"related":[],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Kavrepalanchok District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kavrepalanchok-district","km":0.0},{"name":"Kathmandu University","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu-university","km":1.2},{"name":"Banepa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/banepa","km":3.8},{"name":"Panauti","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/panauti","km":5.0},{"name":"Panchkhal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/panchkhal","km":7.5},{"name":"Kailashnath Mahadev Statue","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kailashnath-mahadev-statue","km":8.1}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Panoramic_view_of_the_Great_Himalayan_Range_from_Dhulikhel%2C_Nepal_in_2025.jpg/960px-Panoramic_view_of_the_Great_Himalayan_Range_from_Dhulikhel%2C_Nepal_in_2025.jpg","width":640,"height":480,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Saddam19","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramic_view_of_the_Great_Himalayan_Range_from_Dhulikhel,_Nepal_in_2025.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Dhulikhel","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhulikhel","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): धुलिखेल नगरपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%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","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q576437","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576437","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Panoramic view of the Great Himalayan Range from Dhulikhel, Nepal in 2025.jpg by Saddam19 (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramic_view_of_the_Great_Himalayan_Range_from_Dhulikhel,_Nepal_in_2025.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Dhulikhel, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Panoramic view of the Great Himalayan Range from Dhulikhel, Nepal in 2025.jpg — Saddam19, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Dhulikhel\". DigiNepal. Last updated 13 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/dhulikhel. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-13T17:25:48Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-20","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhulikhel","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhulikhel","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhulikhel?lang=ne"}}