Gokarneshwor

Coordinates: 27°44′0″N 85°23′0″E / 27.73333°N 85.38333°E / 27.73333; 85.38333
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Gokarneshwor Municipality
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Websitegokarneshwormun.gov.np

Gokarneshwor is a

Gokarna.[1][2] The office of the municipality is that of the former Jorpati
village development committee. The river Bagmati has its origin as the name Bagh Dwar situated in the middle of the Shivapuri jungle in this municipality.

In the village on the banks of the

Gokarna Aunsi.[4]

The Gokarna Forest Reserve is located in the area. Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital is located Southwest of Gokarneshwor.

Schools

Some of the well renowned schools in the municipality are East-Pole Higher Secondary School, Aakashdeep English School, Shangri-la Public School, Saraswati Secondary School, Manakamana Secondary School, Bouddha International School, Venus Public School, Nava Arunima School, Eyelens English School HIMS school and Timeline School. The municipality has large number of educational institutions in the nation, trailing just behind Kathmandu Mahanagarpalika.

Population

The municipality has a total population of 107,351 according to

Nepali citizens and 85.5% are literate.[7]

Settlements

Jorpati, Nayabasti, Bensigaun, Attarkhel, Narayantar, Dakshindhoka, Jagdol, Gokarna, Sundarijal, Nayapati are the settlement areas of local people within that area.

Notable residents

Writer Ramesh Bikal was born near Gokarna in 1932.[8]

Gallery

A panaromic view of Gokarna Mahadev
Gokarna Mahadev Temple

References

  1. ^ "Govt announces 61 municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. República. 3 December 2014. Archived
    from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ISBN 1-74059-699-4
  4. ISBN 9781858288994
  5. ^ "2011 Nepal census (Ward Level)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-31.
  6. ^ Government of Nepal, National Planning Commission Secretariat, Central Bureau of Statistics (November 2012). National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality) (PDF). Vol. 02, NPHC 2011. Kathmandu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2014-07-10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Gokarneshwar (Municipality, Nepal) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  8. ISBN 9780520910263

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