Thasi

Thasi is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Mahalaxmi Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4254 living in 728 individual households.
Thasi is a typical Newari community where the spoken language is Newari. The main occupation of the people living in this region is agriculture. Most of the people fully depend on the agriculture for their living. Thasi is also famous for sukul, which is a kind of handmade mat made of hay, a locally available material.

Thasi lies about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) from the national capital of Kathmandu and 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) from the district headquarters of Lalitpur.