Dhulikhel

Dhulikhel धुलिखेल Shikhalapur
Municipality/ Town Hill station
Dhulikhel skyline
Dhulikhel Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°37′N 85°33′E / 27.617°N 85.550°E / 27.617; 85.550Coordinates: 27°37′N 85°33′E / 27.617°N 85.550°E / 27.617; 85.550
Country	Nepal
Zone	Bagmati Zone
District	Kavrepalanchowk District
Population (2011)
• Total	16,263
Time zone	NST (UTC+5:45)
Postal code	45200
Area code(s)	011
Website	www.mundhulikhel.gov.np

Dhulikhel is the administrative centre of Kavrepalanchowk District, Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 16,263 people in 3,291 households. Two major highway B.P. Highway and Arniko Highway passes through Dhulikhel. Araniko Highway connects Kathmandu, Nepal's capital city with Tibet's border town of Kodari. Dhulikhel is located at the Eastern rim of Kathmandu Valley, south of the Himalayas at 1550m above sea level and is situated 30 km southeast of Kathmandu and 74 km southwest of Kodari. The people in the village are Newars, Brahmin, Chhettri, Tamang and Dalit. Drinking water in Dhulikhel is some of the best water in Nepal. It was made with the Help of the German NGO, German Technical Cooperation.

Dhulikhel has been for centuries an important trading centre on the commercial route linking Nepal to Tibet. Since time immemorial, people of Nepal travel to Tibet to bring home salt and gold. Likewise, the Tibetans every year with their flocks of sheep enter into Nepal during Dashain, the greatest Hindu festival. They use to purchase chilies and other daily necessities in Nepal and return to their homeland. In those days, a whole day walk from Kathmandu to Dhulikhel was comfortable for Tibet trippers with easily available of food and water at Dhulikhel at the evening for overnight stay. After adjoining with Tibet by motorable road in 1965, Dhulikhel got a face lift and developed as a tourist destination. Dhulikhel is an ideal station to stop for overnight stay while going to Tibet and coming back to Kathmandu.