Jorpati
जोरपाटी
Village of Gokarneshwar Municipality
Jorpati is located in Nepal
Jorpati
Jorpati
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°43′N 85°23′E / 27.72°N 85.38°E / 27.72; 85.38
Country   Nepal
ProvinceNo. 3
DistrictKathmandu District
Population
 (2011)
 • Total84,567
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Jorpati is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the 2011 census it had a population of 84,567[1] making it one of the largest villages in the world. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 10,796 and had 1,988 households in it.[2]

In the year 2016 Jorpati has become Municipality from VDC with the population of more than 500,000. Jorpati is the gateway for Sundarijaal and Sakhu.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Government of Nepal, National Planning Commission Secretariat, Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-08-28.


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