Devkota
title: "Devkota" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ethnic-groups-in-nepal", "bahun", "nepali-language-surnames", "surnames-of-nepalese-origin", "khas-surnames"] topic_path: "general/ethnic-groups-in-nepal" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devkota" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Devkota |
| देवकोटा | |
| language | Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni |
| languageorigin | Khas language |
| origin | Khasa kingdom |
| derivation | Devkot |
| derivative | Jaisi Devkota, Devkota Khatri |
| seealso | Dhakal, Bhattarai, Adhikari, Subedi, Dhungana, Sapkota |
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| name = Devkota देवकोटा | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | language = Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni | languageorigin = Khas language | origin = Khasa kingdom | derivation = Devkot | meaning = | variant = | cognate = | derivative = Jaisi Devkota, Devkota Khatri | seealso = Dhakal, Bhattarai, Adhikari, Subedi, Dhungana, Sapkota | family = Devkota () is a surname used by Khas Bahun communities of Nepal. Notable people with the surname include:
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Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959), Nepali writer
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Bachaspati Devkota, Nepalese communist leader
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Rajeshwor Devkota, Nepalese political leader
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Rishi Devkota, Nepalese communist leader
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Upendra Devkota, Nepalese neurosurgeon
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Dinesh Chandra Devkota, Nepalese Engineer and former Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission
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Madhav Prasad Devkota, Nepalese writer
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Khim Lal Devkota, Nepalese politician
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Krishna Jwala Devkota, Nepalese journalist
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Kiran Devkota , Nepalese Pediatrician
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Manita Devkota, Miss Universe Nepal 2018 and Top 10 Miss Universe 2018
References
References
- "तपाईंको थर कसरी रहन गयो, थाहा छ ? छैन भने यो पढ्नुहोस् | Benionline.com.np".
- UCPN (Maoist) Central Committee Member Khim Lal Devkota ...
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