Ishwarpur

Ishworpur
इश्वरपुर नगरपालिका
Municipality
Ishworpur is located in Nepal
Ishworpur
Ishworpur
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°0′0″N 85°38′0″E / 27.00000°N 85.63333°E / 27.00000; 85.63333
Country   Nepal
ZoneJanakpur
DistrictSarlahi
Government
 • MayorManoj Kumar Acharya (NC)
 • Deputy MayorRanjeeta Devi Chaudhary (NC)
Population
 (2078)
 • Total
69,397
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Websitewww.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]

Literacy

Nowadays, with the help of social awareness programs operated by many NGOs, government, media & many locals literacy rate is increasing. [citation needed]

Media

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. [who?] [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. ^ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. ^ "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on 12 October 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009.


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