Jaya Prithvi Municipality

Jayaprithvi Municipality
जयपृथ्वी नगरपालिका
Chainpur
Municipality
Jayaprithvi Municipality
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29°33′N 81°12′E / 29.550°N 81.200°E / 29.550; 81.200Coordinates: 29°33′N 81°12′E / 29.550°N 81.200°E / 29.550; 81.200
Country    Nepal
Zone Seti Zone
District Bajhang District
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code 10500
Area code(s) 092

Jayaprithvi (ancient name Chainpur) is a municipality and the district headquarter of Bajhang District in Province No. 7 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]

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. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. ↑ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bajhang Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 1 May 2018.


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