Bunkot

Bunkot
Village development committee
Country	Nepal
Zone	Gandaki Zone
District	Gorkha District
Population  (1991)
• Total	6,599
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Bunkot is a village development committee in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6,599, and there were 1,214 houses in the town.

Bungkot is just about 6 kilometers from district headquarter.The only Higher Secondary School of Bunkot is Shree Shaheed Smrity Higher Secondary School,Bungkot-3,Gorkha.There is one secondary School, named Rameshwary Secondary School, located in ward no. 9 of Mailung. There are more than one Lower Secondary Schools. Chandika Lower Secondary School is one of the lower secondary schools. There are 11 Primary Schools and a private boarding School.The name of Shaheed Smrity Higher Secondary School is named to show due respect on first martyr LAKHAN THAPA who first died for the sake of people and the nation. Thapa was hanged to death by the erstwhile Aristocratic Ruling family, the Ranas, for raising voice against the autocracy. He is the first person to be killed in Nepal by the state on charge of treason.