Shankharapur

Shankharapur is a municipality in the Central development region of Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of Nepal. The new municipality was formed by merging six existing villages — Bajrayogini, Indrayani, Lapsiphedi, Naglebhare, Pukhulachhi and Suntol — on 02 Dec 2014. The office of the municipality is that of the former Pukhulachhi village development committee in the old Newari town of Sankhu. In the Local Level Election 2074, Suwarna Shrestha of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor securing 4,833 votes and Sukralaxmi Shrestha of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as Deputy Mayor securing 4,501 votes.PopulationShankharapur municipality has a total population of 25,338 according to 2011 Nepal census.