Jhaukhel
Jhaukhel is a town and former village development committee that is now part of Changunarayan Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. This is one of the oldest places in Bhaktapur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Changu Narayan Temple and Nyatapola Temple.
Changu Narayan Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Changu Narayan is an ancient Hindu and Buddhist temple, located on a hilltop of Changu in Changunarayan Municipality of Bhaktapur District, Nepal. The temple is considered to be built in the 4th century AD and is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Nepal. Changu Narayan Temple is situated 2½ km north of Jhaukhel.
Nyatapola Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Ganesh Paudel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nyātāpola is a five tiered temple located in the central part of Bhaktapur, Nepal. It is the tallest monument within the city and is also the tallest temple of Nepal. Nyatapola Temple is situated 2½ km south of Jhaukhel.
Shilu Mahadev Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Goutam1962, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shilu Mahadev Temple is a Hindu temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duwakot and Chhaling.
Duwakot
Suburb
Duwakot is a settlement and former Village Development Committee—now part of Changunarayan municipality, located in Bhaktapur district of Bagmati Province in central Nepal.
Chhaling
Suburb
Chhaling is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Changunarayan Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 8,129 with 1,817 houses in it.
Bhaktapur
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bhaktapur is a city in Nepal known variously as City of Culture, Living Heritage, Nepal's Cultural Gem, An open museum and a City of Devotees. Bhaktapur is an ancient city and is renowned for its elegant art, fabulous culture, colourful festivals, traditional dances and the indigenous lifestyle of the Newari community.
Jhaukhel
- Type: Suburb
- Description: village of Changunarayan Municipality in Province No. 3, Nepal
- Categories: village development committee of Nepal and locality
- Location: Changunarayan, Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.69358° or 27° 41′ 37″ northLongitude
85.43395° or 85° 26′ 2″ eastElevation
1,362 metres (4,469 feet)Open location code
7MV7MCVM+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2148707723OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bhojpuri to Polish—“Jhaukhel” goes by many names.
- Bhojpuri: “झौखेल”
- Cebuano: “Jhaukhel”
- German: “Jhaukhel”
- Malay: “Jhaukhel”
- Nepali: “झौखेल”
- Newari: “झौख्यः”
- Polish: “Jhaukhel”
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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 “Jhaukhel”. Photo: Laxman Thapa, CC BY-SA 2.0.