# Koteshwor

_Neighbourhood in Kathmandu, Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/koteshwor
Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Koteshwar is a place, located in Kathmandu District. In 1991, Kathmandu Metropolitan City was expanded by incorporating Koteshwar as Ward No. 32. It encompasses 395 hectares and is bounded by the Manohara river in the east and south, the Bagmati river in the west, and share borders with Gothatar in the north, Madhyapur Thimi municipality of Bhaktapur District in east and Lalitpur metropolitan city in the south. With respect to basic services, almost all homes in the ward have access to electricity, but the same cannot be said about drinking water. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,787 living in 1,154 households.
The ward contains 8,716 households. The population in 2001 was 35,184.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** neighborhood ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6433943#P31))
- **Located in:** Kathmandu (city) › Kathmandu District (district of Nepal) › Bagmati Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6433943#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 27.6833, 85.3500

## Questions

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

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Koteshwor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koteshwor) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): कोटेश्वर](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q6433943](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6433943) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Koteshwar (towards airport).jpg by Raju Babu (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Koteshwar_(towards_airport).jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Koteshwor, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Koteshwar (towards airport).jpg — Raju Babu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Koteshwor". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/koteshwor. Retrieved 4 November 2026.