Ramkot, Nepal

Ramkot रामकोट
Village of Nagarjun Municipality
Paddy field in Ramkot below a hill
Ramkot Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°43′N 85°15′E
Country	Nepal
Province	Province No. 3
District	Kathmandu
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,759
	50.2% males (4,399) and 49.8% females (4,360)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Ramkot is a Nepalese village formerly part of the Village Development Committee. It is now a part of Nagarjun Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal Census, the ward had a population of 6,303 plus 1,427 independent households. Ramkot was named after the Hindu deity Ram, who was believed to have visited the village and left behind a piece of clothing during his many years of exile. Another legend describes how Lord Ram constructed a building to store his weapons, named 'Kot' (house of keeping weapons). Sitapaila, an adjacent village, is named after Sita, spouse of Lord Ram, who was said to have also visited the settlement.

Location and area

Switzerland Park in Dahachok is a popular picnic spot. Kalu Pande's grave, Bindhyabasini Temple, and Manakamana Temple are popular places to visit. Kalu Pande's grave is a historical hill station related to King Prithvi Narayan Shah. From there, one can observe three major cities of the Kathmandu Valley.

Dandapauwa

Dandapauwa डाँडापौवा (27°43′N 85°16′E) is a ward of Ramkot, Nepal. It borders Taufical, Fasku, Puldol, JayantiGaun, and Gotamthok. The Manamati and Kolpini rivers flow through Dandapauwa, part of the district of "Kathmandu."

School and colleges

Shishu Nikunja School, Mahamanju Shree School, Gajurmukhee Secondary Boarding School, Daisy Educational Academy, Nabin Jyoti school, Ratna Rajya Madhyamic Bidhyala, and Sitaram Higher Secondary School are the only schools in this area.

Sitaram and Ratna Rajya is a government-owned high school. A government-owned primary school is Jyothi Primary School.

Demographics

Major demographic groups in Dandapauwa include Newar, Sanyasi, Brahmin, Chhetrie, and Tamang populations. The remaining population consists of Kashmiri, Tibetan, and Madhesi Muslims.

Economy

Most of the population is engaged in agriculture, so local tunnels are often built for farming. A grain factory, a noodle factory, a bitumen factory, and a pharmacy operating in the region. However, the tobacco factory was closed in 2013 due to extreme pollution emissions.

Small-scale industries and companies can also be found. The finances are Kotasya Bhairab and Shyameshwor, named after local temples. Rupesh Computers Inc., which today is known only as Rupesh Inc. is also located there.

Temples

Many notable temples are in Dandapauwa, including the Mahankal, Shyameshwor, Mahadev mandir of Gothamthok, Kaudu Bhagwati, Panchakanya mandir in purigaun, Ichangu Narayan, Kallabari, Chundevi, Bhimsen Mandir Indradaha, and Manakamana the at top of Dahachowk and Radha - Krishna Mandir temples. Shyameshwor is notable for Shivaratri and Radha Krishna Mandir is famous for Shree Krishna Janma Ashtami.

Jothishwor Mahadev Mandir is in the heart of Toufic.

Politics

Ramkot falls within the Kathmandu 9 parliamentary constituency. Since the 2017 national elections, the constituency in the House of Representatives is represented by Krishna Gopal Shrestha of the Nepal Communist Party. Before the 2017 elections, the constituency got represented by Dhyan Govinda Ranjit of the Nepali Congress party, who ended up elected as a member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election.