Jorpati Explained

Official Name:Jorpati
Native Name:जोरपाटी
Settlement Type:Village of Gokarneshwar Municipality
Pushpin Map:Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:No. 3
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kathmandu District
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:84,567
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:27.72°N 85.38°W

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.

References

  1. Web site: National Population and Housing Census 2011 . Government of Nepal, National Planning Commission Secretariat, Central Bureau of Statistics . March 28, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927102414/http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/VDC_Municipality.pdf . 2013-09-27 .
  2. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 2008-08-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 2008-10-12 .