# Makalu, Nepal

_Village development committee in Koshi Zone, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-11-02

> Makalu  is a village development committee near the mountain of the same name, located in Sankhuwasabha District in the Koshi Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,560 people living in 694 individual households. in Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The city of Hetauda serves as the district headquarters and also as the provincial headquarters. The district covers an area of 2,426 km2 and had a population of 392,604 in 2001 and 420,477 in 2011.[2] The latest census of 2021 recorded the population of Makwanpur as 466,073.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** ward of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6738647#P31))
- **Located in:** Sankhuwasabha District (district of Nepal) › Koshi Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6738647#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 27.7400, 87.1500

## Questions

**Where is Makalu, Nepal located?**  
Makalu, Nepal is located in Sankhuwasabha District, Koshi Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Makalu, Nepal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makalu,_Nepal) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): मकालु](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%2C_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q6738647](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6738647) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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