Jayaprithvi

Jayaprithvi (ancient name Chainpur) is a municipality and the district headquarter of Bajhang District in Sudurpashchim Pradesh of Nepal that was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Rithapata, Chainpur, Hemantabada, Luyanta and Subeda.[1][2] It lies on the bank of Seti River. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 22,191 people living in 4,015 individual households.[3]

Jayaprithvi Municipality

जयपृथ्वी नगरपालिका

Chainpur
Municipality
Jayaprithvi Municipality
Location in Nepal
Jayaprithvi Municipality
Jayaprithvi Municipality (Nepal)
Coordinates: 29°33′N 81°12′E
Country   Nepal
ProvinceSudurpashchim Pradesh
DistrictBajhang District
Government
 • MayorBirendra Bahadur Khadka
 • Deputy MayorJuna Jagri
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code
10500
Area code(s)092

Transportation

Bajhang Airport lies in Old-Rithapata.[4]

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. "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. "Bajhang Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.


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