Sitapaila
Sitapaila सीतापाइला | |
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Village of Nagarjun Municipality | |
  Sitapaila Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°43′N 85°17′E / 27.72°N 85.28°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 3 |
| District | Kathmandu |
| Population (1991) | |
• Total | 5,156 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Sitapaila is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Nagarjun Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. The name of the community comes from "Sita" who was the wife of Lord Ram and daughter of Nepalese King Janak and "paila" meaning footsteps in Nepali.[1] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,156 and had 1,008 households in it.[2]
References
- ^ Web, House Nepal. "Sitapaila". Sitapaila.
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
