Official Name: | Sitapaila |
Native Name: | सीतापाइला |
Settlement Type: | Village of Nagarjun 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 Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Province No. 3 |
Subdivision Name2: | Kathmandu |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Total: | 5156 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 27.72°N 85.28°W |
Sitapaila is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Nagarjun Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. The name of the community comes from "Sita" who was the wife of Lord Ram and daughter of Nepalese King Janak and "paila" meaning footsteps in Nepali.[1] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,156 and had 1,008 households in it.[2]