Gothatar is a village

Village

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 in Kathmandu District

Kathmandu District

Kathmandu District is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Zone of Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia. It is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, covers an area of 395 km2 and is the most densely populated district of Nepal with a population of 1,081,845 in 2001...

 in the Bagmati Zone

Bagmati Zone

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 of central Nepal

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. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census

1991 Nepal census

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it had a population of 6233 and had 1126 households in it. The newly built Bagmati bridge connects Gothatar with the roadway to Jorpati. The Krishna Parnami Mandir is one of the major attractions in Gothatar. In between 2007-2010, the density of population has rapidly increased as more and more houses are being constructed. The majority of the population in Gothatar consists of Hindu Brahmins and Kshetris. The natives are mainly farmers who still have cowsheds in their homes despite being very close to the rush of the metropolitan Kathmandu.
The Nepal Yatayat (Nepal Transport) runs buses between New Baneswor and Gothatar.