Shankharapur

Shankharapur 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 Bajrayogini, Karkigaun, Bhulbu, Indrayani, Lapsiphedi, Naglebhare, Pukhulachhi and Suntol. The municipal office is that of the former Pukhulachhi committee, in the old Newar town of Sankhu. The 2011 census counted 25,558 residents, and the 2021 census recorded 29,318, of whom about 99.9 percent were Nepali citizens and about 80 percent were literate. The largest groups by first language are Nepali, Tamang and Nepal Bhasa, the Tamang and Newar communities are the largest by ethnicity, and about 64 percent of residents are Hindu and about 35 percent Buddhist. In the 2079 local election the mayoral post went to Ramesh Napit of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.