Hetauda (Nepali: हेटौडा) is a sub-metropolitan city in the Makwanpur District of the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. It is the administrative headquarters of the Makwanpur District and the headquarters of Nepal's Central Development Region. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 53,836 people living in 10,420 households.[1][needs update]
Hetauda is 132 km from Nepal's capit
al, Kathmandu, via the old Tribhuvan Highway. There are now two alternate roads that are less than 80 km, i.e. just 2-3 hrs drive from ktm valley, but they have not been fully blacktopped. Construction works are being carried out. Also first tunneling road is being constructed which is believed to shorten the distance between Hetauda-Kathmandu. It is expected that traveling time from Kathmandu to Hetauda via tunnel road will be just 57 min and 13 sec only. The city is surrounded by three rivers—the Rapti to the west, the Samari to the north, and the Karra to the south—and is part of an important industrial regions. The settlement developed because of its location along the Tribhuvan Highway, and was later linked to another major national thoroughfare: the Mahendra Highway, also known as the East-West Highway. nearby tourist attractions are:
Chisapani Gadhi
View Tower
Pathivara Temple
Palung Valley
Daman Simbhanjyang
Manakamana Temple
Banaskhandi Temple
Gumba Danda
Kusmanda Sarowar Triveni Dham
Bhutandevi Temple
