Aalapot

Kageshwori Manohara Municipality was incorporated on Mangsir 16, 2071 as the decision of the council of ministers of Government of Nepal. It was formed by combining six village development committees: Gothatar, Mulpani, Danchhi, Bhadrabas, Alapot, and Gagalfedi. Kathmandu valley comprises three cities: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur. Kageshwori Manohara is one of the municipalities situated at northeast of Kathmandu.
Name Native District Population
Census
2001-05-28 Population
Census
2011-06-22
Aalapot आलापोट Kathmandu 2,884 3,159
Aalapot
3,159 Population – Census
1.470 km² Area
2,148/km² Population Density
0.91% Annual Population Change
Aalapot: human settlement in Nepal
Aalapot is located near Sundarijal, Bhadrabas and Gokarna, north east of Kathmandu.

Toponymy

Linguistic origin

Linguistic family: Indoeuropean
Language: Farsi, Sanskrit

Etymology

According to local belief, the name is due to the fact that it was a place where potatoes were found. It is formed from aalu and kot. In the past, many potatoes were cultivated here, and the place developed as a fortification.
The term aalu in Nepali comes from the Hindi आलू, which in turn is a loanword from Persian آلو, originally meaning “fruit” or “plum,” but in the Indian subcontinent it came to specifically refer to the potato introduced by Europeans.
Kot comes from Sanskrit कोट, which means “wall,” “rampart,” or “fort,” and is found in many Indo-Aryan languages.