Tokha
Tokha is a municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of Nepal established 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Dhapasi, Jhor Mahankal, Gongabu, Tokha Chandeshwari and Tokha Saraswati.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 5,150 residents
- Description: municipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal
- Also known as: “Tokha Municipality”, “Tokha Nagarpalika”, “Tokhagau”, and “Tokna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Narayanhiti Palace Museum and Kanti Children’s Hospital.
Narayanhiti Palace Museum
Museum
Photo: Belbasesuraj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Narayanhiti Palace Museum is a public museum in Kathmandu, Nepal located east of the Kaiser Mahal and next to Thamel. The museum was created in 2008 from the complex of the former Narayanhiti Palace following the 2006 revolution. Narayanhiti Palace Museum is situated 3½ km south of Tokha.
Kanti Children’s Hospital
Hospital building
Kanti Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal. The hospital is administered and regulated by the Kanti Children's Hospital Development Board, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Health, Government of Nepal.
Embassy of India, Kathmandu
Government office
The Embassy of India in Kathmandu is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of India to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Embassy of India, Kathmandu is situated 2½ km south of Tokha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gonggabu and Tokha Saraswati.
Gonggabu
Suburb
Gongabu is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Tokha Municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal.
Tokha Saraswati
Suburb
Tokha Saraswati is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Tokha Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 5,152.
Baluwatar
Neighborhood
Baluwatar is a residential area of Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal on the banks of Bagmati River. It is just 15 minutes away from what is known as the downtown of Kathmandu, New Road and Ason and shares borders with Lazimpat and Gairidhara.
Tokha
- Categories: municipality of Nepal and locality
- Location: Tokha, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.74557° or 27° 44′ 44″ northLongitude
85.32643° or 85° 19′ 35″ eastPopulation
5,150Elevation
1,344 metres (4,409 feet)Open location code
7MV7P8WG+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 3496148179OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1282653Wikidata ID
Q20809741
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tokha”. Photo: Laxman Thapa, CC BY-SA 2.0.