Gongabu is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Tokha Municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 54,410 and had 14,456 households in it in an area just 270 hectares in size.
âÂÂGongga/Gonggaâ likely comes from a Tibeto-Burman or Newar origin name. âÂÂBuâ may be interpreted as âÂÂvillage, settlement, or hamlet.â Therefore, Gonggabu could mean âÂÂthe settlement of the Gongga groupâ or âÂÂthe village associated with Gongga.âÂÂ
Gongga / Gong is possibly a clan, community, or descriptive term of Tibeto-Burman origin. Comparable with Tibetan Gongkar (gong-dkar) meaning âÂÂwhite stupaâ or clan names with Gong. Bu (à ¤¬à ¥Â) means âÂÂvillage, place, settlementâ in several Newar/Tibeto-Burman dialects; in Nepali also used in some toponyms as âÂÂhamlet.â The toponym Gonggabu thus likely reflects a Tibeto-Burman/Newar origin, indicating âÂÂvillage of Gongga (clan/place).âÂÂ