Kapan is a residential area and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Budanilkantha Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 48,463 in 12,324 households.

Kapan consists of several settlements, e. g.: Mahankal, New Colony, Jyotinagar, Saraswatinagar, Golphutar or Baluwakhani.

Kapan has recently developed very high number of Paying Guest Houses for local-tourism.

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