About Sankhu

Sankhu is an important town in the Katmandu valley. It lies about 17 km. northeast of thecapital. Sankhu is also known as Shankharapur.Sankhu is an old town of newar community. Almost all people in Sankhu are newari, even today. Sankhu ('sakwo' called

by the locals) was established in the kaligat era 1801. According to the ancient book (Bansabali), Sankhu was made inthe shape of a holy right conch-sell under the direction of Jog Dev Bajracharya, (a priest), who pious permission to do sofrom Goddess Bajrayogini. There are altogether 8 toles(Community area) in sankhu. They are IPA TOLE, INLA TOLE,PUKHULACHHI TOLE, DHULLA TOLE, SALKHA TOLE, CHALAKHU TOLE, DUGAHITI TOLE and SUNTOLE.Sankhu is economically poor town. The people of sankhu work in trading, farming and organizing businesses. We can

see so many cultural fests and festivals in sankhu. Sankhu is surrounded by beautiful hills with evergreen jungles.