# Tilaurakot

_Neighborhood in Kapilvastu Municipality, Nepal_

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

> Tilaurakot is a neighborhood in Kapilvastu Municipality in Kapilvastu District, in the Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. Previously it was a Village development committee. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5684 people living in 944 individual households. It is situated 25 kilometers (15.5 mi) northwest of the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, and 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi) southeast of Nigali Sagar in Nigalihawa.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** ward of Nepal; neighborhood; village ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3417973#P31))
- **Located in:** Kapilvastu Municipality (municipality of Nepal) › Kapilvastu District (district of Nepal) › Lumbini Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3417973#P131))
- **Heritage status:** Tentative World Heritage Site ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3417973#P1435))
- **Coordinates:** 27.5800, 83.0800

## Questions

**Where is Tilaurakot located?**  
Tilaurakot is located in Kapilvastu Municipality, Kapilvastu District, Lumbini Province, Nepal.

## Related

- [Lumbini Province](https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini-province)
- [Kapilvastu District](https://diginpl.com/places/kapilvastu-district)
- [Kapilvastu Municipality](https://diginpl.com/places/kapilvastu-municipality)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Tilaurakot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilaurakot) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): तिलौराकोट](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3417973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3417973) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Suddhodana Palace-east gate.JPG by DiverDave (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suddhodana_Palace-east_gate.JPG)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Tilaurakot, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Suddhodana Palace-east gate.JPG — DiverDave, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

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