Baad Bhanjyang


Baad Bhanjyang is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 3,779 and had 817 houses in it.

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Linguistic origin

Etymology

Baad comes from Sanskrit वाट, meaning “fence, palisade, hedge.” “Bhanjyang” means the path between two hills or a mountain pass for pedestrians. The name of this place comes from this geographical feature.
Bhanjyang comes from the Sanskrit compound भङ्ग्याङ्ग or a related root, meaning “division” or “pass” between two elevations.