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Tikathali

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Tikathali is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Mahalaxmi Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. After the restructuring of local political bodies it has been integrated to form a new municipality named 'Mahalaxmi Municipality'. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4094 living in 711 individual households.

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Tikathali
Mahalaxmi Municipality

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Bagmati Province, Nepal
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Sirutar

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Koteshwor Mahadevsthan
Koteshwor Mahadevsthan

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