List of cities in Nepal

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List of cities in Nepal

This is a list of cities in Nepal. Note: Not all the localities listed in the alphabetical list are municipalities. Municipalities, of which Nepal momentarily has 58, are marked with a (*). The listed names are the official names of the municipalities, nevertheless the former names are still widely used.

Municipalities by Population

Kathmandu
Pokhara
Lalitpur
Birganj
Rank Municipality Census 1991 Census 2001 Est. 2005 District
1. Kathmandu 421.258 671.846 790.612 Kathmandu
2. Pokhara 95.288 156.312 186.410 Kaski
3. Lalitpur 115.865 162.991 183.316 Lalitpur
4. Biratnagar 129.388 166.674 168.331 Morang
5. Birganj 69.005 112.484 133.244 Parsa
6. Dharan 66.457 95.332 128.605 Sunsari
7. Bharatpur 54.670 89.323 117.162 Chitwan
8. Bhim Dutta 62.050 80.839 99.124 Kanchanpur
9. Butwal 44.272 75.384 91.737 Rupandehi
10. Hetauda 53.836 68.482 84.800 Makwanpur
11. Bhaktapur 61.405 72.543 76.890 Bhaktapur
12. Janakpur 54.710 67.192 74.258 Dhanusa
13. Dhangadhi 44.753 67.447 73.151 Kailali
14. Itahari 26.824 41.210 72.387 Sunsari
15. Triyuga 37.512 55.291 71.260 Udayapur
16. Siddharthanagar 39.473 52.569 63.372 Rupandehi
17. Nepalganj 47.819 57.535 61.477 Banke
18. Madhyapur Thimi 31.970 47.751 58.807 Bhaktapur
19. Mechinagar 37.108 49.060 56.173 Jhapa
20. Ghorahi 29.050 43.126 55.536 Dang Deukhuri
21. Lekhnath 30.107 41.369 53.216 Kaski
22. Kirtipur 31.338 40.835 51.335 Kathmandu
23. Birendranagar 22.973 31.381 49.993 Surkhet
24. Gulariya 30.621 46.011 49.457 Bardiya
25. Tikapur 25.639 38.722 44.762 Kailali
26. Ratnanagar 25.118 37.791 43.665 Chitwan
27. Kalaiya 18.498 32.260 39.367 Bara
28. Tulsipur 22.654 33.876 39.061 Dang Deukhuri
29. Kamalamai 24.368 32.838 36.440 Sindhuli
30. Damak 41.321 35.009 33.766 Jhapa
31. Gorkha 20.633 25.783 35.455 Gorkha
32. Rajbiraj 24.227 30.353 33.063 Saptari
33. Kapilvastu 17.126 27.170 32.139 Kapilvastu
34. Byas 20.124 28.245 31.826 Tanahu
35. Lahan 19.018 27.654 31.497 Siraha
36. Putalibazar 25.870 29.667 31.043 Syangja
37. Panauti 20.467 25.563 27.604 Kavrepalanchok
38. Gaur 20.434 25.383 27.327 Rautahat
39. Dipayal-Silgadhi 12.360 22.061 27.088 Doti
40. Inaruwa 18.547 23.200 25.031 Sunsari
41. Siraha 21.866 23.988 24.659 Siraha
42. Ramgram 18.911 22.630 24.014 Nawalparasi
43. Jaleswar 18.088 22.046 23.574 Mahottari
44. Baglung 15.219 20.852 23.297 Baglung
45. Tansen 13.599 20.431 23.190 Palpa
46. Khandbari 18.756 21.789 22.904 Sankhuwasabha
47. Bhimeshwar 19.260 21.916 22.851 Dolkha
48. Dhankuta 17.073 20.668 22.085 Dhankuta
49. Bidur 18.694 21.193 22.063 Nuwakot
50. Waling 16.712 20.414 21.869 Syangja
51. Narayan 15.738 19.446 20.910 Dailekh
52. Malangwa 14.142 18.484 20.285 Sarlahi
53. Bhadrapur 15.210 18.145 19.524 Jhapa
54. Amaragadhi 16.494 18.390 19.015 Dadeldhura
55. Dasharathchand 18.054 18.345 18.318 Baitadi
56. Ilam 13.197 16.237 17.492 Ilam
57. Banepa 12.537 15.822 17.154 Kavrepalanchok
58. Dhulikhel n.a. 11.521 10.170 Kavrepalanchok

Alphabetical list

  1. Amaragadhi* formerly Dadeldhura
  2. Bandipur
  3. Banepa*
  4. Besisahar
  5. Bhadrapur*
  6. Bhaktapur*
  7. Bharatpur*
  8. Bhimeshwar* formerly Charikot
  9. Birtamode
  10. Bhim Dutta* formerly Mahendranagar
  11. Bidur*
  12. Biratnagar*
  13. Birendranagar*
  14. Birganj*
  15. Butwal*
  16. Chandranigahpur*
  17. Damak*
  18. Darchula
  19. Dasharathchand*
  20. Dhangadhi*
  21. Dhankuta*
  22. Dharan*
  23. Dhulikhel*
  24. Dhunche
  25. Dipayal-Silgadhi*
  26. Gaur*
  27. Ghorahi* formerly Tribhuvannagar
  28. Gorkha* formerly Prithibinarayan
  29. Gulariya*
  30. Hetauda*
  31. Ilam*
  32. Inaruwa*
  33. Itahari*
  34. Jajarkot
  35. Jaleshwar*
  36. Janakpur*
  37. Jomsom
  38. Jumla
  39. Kalaiya*
  40. Kalika* formerly Baglung
  41. Kamalamai* formerly Sindhulimadi
  42. Kapilvastu* formerly Taulihawa
  43. Kathmandu*
  44. Khandbari*
  45. Kirtipur*
  46. Kodari
  47. Lahan*
  48. Lalitpur* formerly Patan
  49. Lekhnath*
  50. Lukla
  51. Lumbini
  52. Madhyapur Thimi*
  53. Malangawa*
  54. Manang
  55. Mangalsen
  56. Mechinagar* formerly Kankarbhitta
  57. Mustang
  58. Namche Bazar
  59. Narayan* formerly Dailekh
  60. Nepalgunj*
  61. Okhaldhunga
  62. Panauti*
  63. Pokhara*
  64. Putalibazar*
  65. Rajbiraj*
  66. Ramgram* formerly Parasi
  67. Ratnanagar*
  68. Rumjatar
  69. Siddharthanagar*
  70. Simikot
  71. Simra
  72. Siraha*
  73. Syangboche
  74. Tansen*
  75. Tikapur*
  76. Triyuga* formerly Gaighat
  77. Tulsipur*
  78. Taplejung
  79. Waling*
  80. Vyas* formerly Damauli
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