Bhaktapur District
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Bhaktapur भक्तपुर जिल्ला |
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| District | |
Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur District
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| Nickname(s): Khowpa | |
 The Bagmati Zone |
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| Coordinates: 27°40′20″N 85°25′40″E / 27.672222°N 85.427778°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Zone | Bagmati |
| Development Region | Central |
| District | Bhaktapur |
| Headquarters | Bhaktapur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 119 km2 (46 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 304,651 |
| 2001 pop.: 225,461 1991 pop.: 172,952 1981 pop.: 159,767 |
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| Time zone | NPT (UTC+5:45) |
| Area code(s) | +977-1 |
| Website | www |
Bhaktapur district(Nepali: 
Listen ; Nepal Bhasa : ख्वप देश (जिल्ला) ) located in the eastern part of Kathmandu valley, is the smallest among the seventy-five districts of Nepal. It is part of Province No. 3. The district, with Bhaktapur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 119 km2 (46 sq mi) and in 2011 had a population of 304,651 of whom 9,701 people were absent (mostly working abroad).
Bhaktapur has been making tremendous achievements in educational sector. It has been enrolling most of the students in SLC. In fact, The students of Bhaktapur have top the board exams.
The average literacy rate of Bhaktapur is 81.68, where male - 90.48 and female - 72.65 which growing with the educational awareness among peoples.
The governmental schools in Bhaktapur are making remarkable improvement in its educational quality. The government schools have been starting to facilitate students by teaching in both English and Nepali medium.Private schools too are well known for providing quality education.
Despite topping other districts in SLC with highest enrollments, the higher studies of the Bhaktapur is not quite satisfactory. There is not enough college in Bhaktapur rendering qualitative services. That's why, students of Bhaktapur complete their higher studies in colleges of Kathmandu and Lalitpur. However, their academic performance in those college cannot be neglected. Khwopa College situated in Dekocha Bhaktapur is one of topmost college in Nepal. The academic results of this college is outstanding. This college is established and managed by Bhaktapur municipality.
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