Kakani Rural Municipality

Kakani is a Gaunpalika and former village development committee in Nuwakot District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, the Kakani village development committee administered a population of 7816 living in 1343 individual households.^[1]

Kakani ककनी
Gaupalika
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Kakani Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°49′N 85°16′E
Country	Nepal
Zone	Bagmati Province
District	Nuwakot District
Elevation	2,030 m (6,660 ft)
Population  (1991)
• Total	7,816
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Website	http://kakanimun.gov.np/

As one of the most accessible settlements from Kathmandu over 2000 meters, this hill station hosts a British Gurkhas welfare bungalow^[2] and a number of hotels. The village is also home to a memorial park to the victims of Thai Airways International Flight 311.

A notable local industry is strawberry farming. Kakani is the best nearest destination for tourism from kathmandu. With the assistance of a United Nations Development Programme project, a local farmers' cooperative now produces close to 250 000 kg of the fruit per year.^[3]

Ward office of Kakani

For the easiness of local people Nepal Government have formed a Kakani Rural Municipality by collapsing the former Village development committee. The Rural municipality has 8 Ward and each ward has an elected body to serve the people. Here are the list of ward and their office.

Ward No 1: Okharpauwa
Ward No 2: Okharpauwa
Ward No 3: Chauthe
Ward No 4: Kakani
Ward No 5: Kakani
Ward No 6: Madanpur, Nuwakot
Ward No 7: Chaturale
Ward No 8: Vot Thansing

Climate

Climate data for Kakani, elevation 2,064 m (6,772 ft), (1976–2005)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	13.6 (56.5)	15.4 (59.7)	19.6 (67.3)	22.6 (72.7)	22.8 (73.0)	22.7 (72.9)	22.3 (72.1)	22.6 (72.7)	22.0 (71.6)	20.8 (69.4)	18.0 (64.4)	14.9 (58.8)	19.8 (67.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.0 (37.4)	4.7 (40.5)	8.3 (46.9)	11.4 (52.5)	13.5 (56.3)	15.4 (59.7)	16.0 (60.8)	15.8 (60.4)	14.9 (58.8)	11.7 (53.1)	8.0 (46.4)	4.8 (40.6)	10.6 (51.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	19.5 (0.77)	25.6 (1.01)	41.3 (1.63)	68.7 (2.70)	202.1 (7.96)	483.8 (19.05)	737.5 (29.04)	753.2 (29.65)	400.7 (15.78)	80.4 (3.17)	9.0 (0.35)	18.1 (0.71)	2,864.9 (112.79)
Source: Agricultural Extension in South Asia[4]

Road to Kakani

The Pasang-Lhamu Highway goes through Kakani. It starts from Kathmandu and reaches up to Kerung at the border of China. The road is now under construction because they are upgrading the road and making it wider. This video shows some display about the road condition to Kakani

See also

• Sisdol landfill- the biggest landfill site of Nepal located in Kakani