Bhadrabas

Bhadrabas
भद्रवास
Kathmandu Valley
Bhadrabas is located in Nepal
Bhadrabas
Bhadrabas
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°44′24″N 85°25′48″E / 27.74000°N 85.43000°E / 27.74000; 85.43000
Country   Nepal
ProvinceNo. 3
DistrictKathmandu
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,388
 • Religions
Hindu
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Bhadrabas is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal, located approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Kathmandu. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 2,388 and had 503 houses in it.[1] The oldest high school in the eastern Kathmandu Valley, Adarsh Madhayamik Vidhalaya is located in Bhadrabas. The Nepal Red Cross Society is active in Bhadrabas and it has notable health centre. In 1984, a tobacco smoking World Health Organization questionnaire was given to the inhabitants of Bhadrabas to survey smoking trends in the country.[2]

Vertebrate fossil remains have been found northeast of the village.[3]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2016-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Tobacco and Health
  3. ^ A Vertebrate Fossil Find in the Kathmandu Valley