[citation needed] The district contains places of historical significance such as the town of Nuwakot, and the village of Devighat (the death place of Prithvi Narayan Shah) located at the confluence of the Tadi and Trishuli Rivers.
[3] Ethnicity/caste: 43.0% were Tamang, 19.0% Hill Brahmin, 12.5% Chhetri, 7.4% Newar, 3.6% Rai, 3.2% Kami, 2.3% Magar, 1.7% Damai/Dholi, 1.7% Sarki, 1.0% Gurung, 0.9% Kumal, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.4% Ghale, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.3% Thakuri, 0.2% Majhi, 0.2% Sherpa, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% Yolmo, 0.1% Musalman, 0.1% Sonar, 0.1% Sunuwar and 0.4% others.
The city areas are provided with schools, colleges, hospitals and the road infrastructure is also developed.
People are dependent on agriculture, teaching, foreign economy, livestock farming, business, hotels, Agro Tourism, Eco-Tourism and Khadya Bank, etc.
[citation needed] The death place of the great king Prithvi Narayan Shah lies here.
[citation needed] Nuwakot, being mainly Hindu by religion, has many historically as well as religiously important places.
It is surrounded with natural greenery and located at the beach of the three gorges where thousands of devotees come for worshiping god Indrakamala basically in Dashain.