{"id":"panchkhal","type":"place","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/panchkhal","language":"en","name":"Panchkhal","name_en":"Panchkhal","name_ne":"पाँचखाल","description":"Municipality in Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal","headline":"Municipality in Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Panchkhal is a Municipality in Kavrepalanchok District in the Bagmati Province of central Nepal. Panchkhal has an area of 103 km2 and population density of 345/km2, according to the 2021 Nepal census. Glacial strand retreat and fluvial incision led to\ndevelop landscapes and evolve the area having a\nrelief of about 122 to 750 m. At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, it had a population of 35,521 in 9,133 total households. Panchkhal municipality was established in 2016 through the merger of five former Village Development Committees (VDCs): Anaikot, Hokse Bazar, Kharelthok, Koshidekha, and Baluwa. The restructuring was carried out following a decision made in 2014 by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. Panchkhal is known for its agricultural productivity and promotes itself with the motto of “पाँचखाल नगर-कृषि शहर ”.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492039"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413519#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/Q3413519#P131"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"17 July 2011","date":"2011-07-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413519#P571"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchkhal","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%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/Q3413519"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Panchkhal located?","a":"Panchkhal is located in Kavrepalanchok District, Bagmati Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Santosh Lamichhane","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/santosh-lamichhane"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Kavrepalanchok District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kavrepalanchok-district","km":7.5},{"name":"Dhulikhel","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhulikhel","km":7.5},{"name":"Kathmandu University","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu-university","km":8.4},{"name":"Banepa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/banepa","km":10.0},{"name":"Nagarkot","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/nagarkot","km":12.3},{"name":"Panauti","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/panauti","km":12.3}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Panchkhal_valley%2C_Kavrepalanchok_district%2C_Nepal_%281%29.jpg/960px-Panchkhal_valley%2C_Kavrepalanchok_district%2C_Nepal_%281%29.jpg","width":640,"height":480,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Saddam19","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panchkhal_valley,_Kavrepalanchok_district,_Nepal_(1).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Panchkhal","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchkhal","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): पाँचखाल","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%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 Q3413519","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413519","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Panchkhal valley, Kavrepalanchok district, Nepal (1).jpg by Saddam19 (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panchkhal_valley,_Kavrepalanchok_district,_Nepal_(1).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 Panchkhal, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Panchkhal valley, Kavrepalanchok district, Nepal (1).jpg — Saddam19, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Panchkhal\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/panchkhal. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-02T06:19:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/panchkhal","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/panchkhal","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/panchkhal?lang=ne"}}