Bhadrabas

Bhadrabas
भद्रवास
Village development committee

Bhadrabas

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°44′24″N 85°25′48″E / 27.74000°N 85.43000°E / 27.74000; 85.43000Coordinates: 27°44′24″N 85°25′48″E / 27.74000°N 85.43000°E / 27.74000; 85.43000
Country    Nepal
Zone Bagmati Zone
District Kathmandu District
Population (2011)
  Total 2,388
  Religions Hindu
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Bhadrabas is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone 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 Uchha 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]

References

  1. http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/VDC_Municipality.pdf
  2. Tobacco and Health
  3. A Vertebrate Fossil Find in the Kathmandu Valley


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