Lalitpur District, Nepal

Lalitpur District
ललितपुर जिल्ला
District
Country Nepal
Admin HQ. Lalitpur
Government
 • Type Coordination committee
 • Body DCC, Lalitpur
Area
 • Total 350 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 468,132 [1][2]
  2001 pop.: 337,785
1991 pop.: 257,086
1991 pop.: 184,341
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NPT)
Website www.ddclalitpur.gov.np

Lalitpur District (Nepali: ललितपुर जिल्ला Listen , a part of Province No. 3, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Lalitpur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 385 km² and has a population (2001) of 337,785. It is one of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley, along with Kathmandu and Bhaktapur. Its population was 466,784 in the initial 2011 census tabulation.[3] It is surrounded by Makwanpur,Bhaktapur, Kathmandu & Kavre.

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[4] Elevation Range % of Area
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		  9.9%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		 79.3%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		 10.8%

Administrative division

There are six municipalies in Lalitpur District, including three Rural Municipalities and one Metropolitan city:

Former Village Development Committees

Prior to federal restructuring, the following Village development committees were also part of the district. By 2017, they were all merged into municipalities or rural municipalities or were included into Lalitpur Metropolitan City.

Other places

Education

Lalitpur District has adequate education facilities in comparison to other districts, including:

Sports

Lalitpur is also home to several notable sporting organisations and grounds such as:

  • ANFA Complex, Satdobato
  • Tennis Complex, Satdobato
  • Army Physical Training Centre, Lagankhel
  • Chyasal Technical Centre, Chyasal
  • Thecho Badminton Club

References

  1. ↑ "National Planning Commission Secretariat, Central Bureau of Statistics. Nepal". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16.
  2. ↑ "STATISTICAL YEAR BOOK OF NEPAL - 2011" (PDF).
  3. ↑ http://census.gov.np/images/pdf/Preliminary%20Leaflet%202011.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013
  • "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.

Coordinates: 27°40′N 85°19′E / 27.667°N 85.317°E / 27.667; 85.317


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