Tilaurakot

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Tilaurakot
Village development committee
Tilaurakot Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°35′N 83°05′E / 27.58°N 83.08°E / 27.58; 83.08Coordinates: 27°35′N 83°05′E / 27.58°N 83.08°E / 27.58; 83.08
Country	Nepal
Zone	Lumbini Zone
District	Kapilvastu District
Population (1991)
• Total	5,684
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Tilaurakot was the cardinal point of the ancient Shakyan city of Kapilavastu. It is situated west of Lumbini Grove, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. It is a village development committee in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5684 people living in 944 individual households.^[1]

References

↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 14 December 2008.

v t e Kapilvastu District

Capital: Taulihawa

Abhirawa Ajingara Bahadurganj Balarampur Baluhawa Bangai Banganga Baraipur Barakulpur Basantapur Baskhaur Bedauli Bhagawanpur Choti Bhalabari Bijuwa Birpur Bishunpur Bithuwa Budhi Chanai Dhankauli Dharampaniya Dohani Dubiya Dumara Fulika Gajehada Ganeshpur Gauri Gotihawa Gugauli Haranampur Hardouna Hariharpur Hathausa Hathihawa Jahadi Jawabhari Jayanagar Kajarhawa Kapilvastu Khurhuriya Kopawa Krishna Nagar Kushawa Labani Lalpur Maharajganj Mahendrakot Mahuwa Malwar Manpur Milmi Motipur Nanda Nagar Nigalihawa Pakadi Parsohiya Patariya Patna Patthardaihiya Pipari Purusottampur Rajpur Ramghat Ramnagar Rangapur Sauraha Shivagadhi Shivanagar Shivapur Singhkhor Sirsihawa Sisawa Sivapur Palta Somdiha Thunhiya Tilaurakot Titirkhi Udayapur Vidhya Nagar

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