Nuwakot District (Nepali: नुवाकोट जिल्ला Listen ⓘ), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Bidur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,121 km 2 (433 sq mi) and had a population of 288,478 in 2001 and 277,471 in 2011. [citation needed]