Ishwarpur

For the city in India, see Islampur Maharashtra.

Ishworpur इश्वरपुर नगरपालिका
Municipality
Ishworpur Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°0′0″N85°38′0″E / 27.00000°N 85.63333°E / 27.00000; 85.63333
Country	Nepal
Zone	Janakpur
District	Sarlahi
Government
•  Mayor	Manoj Kumar Acharya (NC)
•  Deputy Mayor	Ranjeeta Devi Chaudhary (NC)
Population  (2078)
• Total	69,397
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code	45801(Postal codes)
Website	www.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.

External links

• UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District