Ishworpur | |
Native Name: | इश्वरपुर नगरपालिका |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Janakpur |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sarlahi |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Manoj Kumar Acharya (NC) |
Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Ranjeeta Devi Chaudhary (NC) |
Population As Of: | 2078 |
Population Total: | 69397 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicitieslol |
Timezone: | NST |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 27°N 85.6333°W |
Postal Code: | 45801(Postal codes) |
Website: | www.ishworpurmun.gov.np |
Ishworpur is a Municipality in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Bela, Bhaktipur, Gaurishankar and Ishwarpur VDCs.[1] [2] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 14,014 people living in 249 individual households.[3]
Nowadays, with the help of social awareness programs operated by many NGOs, government, media & many locals literacy rate is increasing.
To promote local culture, Ishwarpur has one FM radio station Samudayik Radio ekata - 92.4 MHz It is a Community radio Station which among others is more popular in this area.