Dakshinkali

Dakshinkali is a municipality in Kathmandu District, in Bagmati Province of Nepal. It was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former village development committees of Chalnakhel, Chhaimale, Sheshnarayan, Sokhel, Talku Dudechaur and Old Dakshinkali. The name means the southern Kali and refers to a temple complex of the Hindu goddess Kali that is several centuries old and stands in the vicinity. The name is Sanskrit in origin, with dakshin meaning south and Kali the dark goddess, so it describes a sacred place of Kali lying to the south of the valley. The municipality had 24,297 residents at the 2011 census, rising to 26,372 at the 2021 census, and the article reports that about 80 percent of residents are literate.