Geographical Location: Located 27 036' to 270 44' Northern Latitude and 85021'to 85032' Eastern Longitude
Area: 138.46 Square Kilometers (the smallest District of the country)
Boundary: East: Kavre, West: Kathmandu and Lalitpur, North: Kathmandu and Kavre Palanchok, South: Lalitpur District.
Geo-Physical Area : Hilly and Valley Land
Land-use:

Types of Land	Area (in square Km)	Area in %
Arable land	96.57	80.1
Jungle and Forest	12.46	10.32
Bushes	6.82	5.65
Urbanarea & Settlement	2.67	2.21
Pasture Land	0.21	0.18
Rocky, Sandy	1.97	1.63

Political & Administrative division: 16 village Development Committees, 2 Municipalities: Bhaktapur (Pop. 72543) and Madhayapur-Thimi (Pop. 47751), 11 areas and two parliamentary Constituencies.
Population:

Total 2,25,461
Male: 1,14,798 (50.92%)
Female: 1,10,633 (49.08%)
Population growth rate: 2.71%
Population density :1895 sq. KM
Ethnicity: Nepwar, Brahman, Chetri, Magar, Tamang, Gurung etc.
No.of houses :41,882
Language : Nepali, Newari and Tamang
Religion : Hinduism, Buddhism, Muslim an Christain
Occupation : Agriculture, Tourism, Cottage & Small industries
Climate : Warm in Summer, Max: 36 D.C. and Cool in winter: Min 0.2 D.C
Popular products :Nepali black topi, Yogurt, Thankas, Wood Carvings, metal Crafts, hand made products, Ceramic Pottery, Poppets, Lokta paper products, Vegetables, Herbal products etc.Source BTDC

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