Bhimeshwar




Bhimeshwar (formerly Charikot), today Bhimeshwar Municipality, is the headquarters of Dolakha District in the Province No. 3 of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7349 people residing in 1541 individual households. The town is located at an altitude of 1554 metres (5101 feet). The name of the district Dolakha came from the Dolakha Town situated north-east of the headquarters Charikot.