Godawari, Lalitpur

Godawari Municipality गोदावरी नगरपालिका
Urban Municipality
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Coordinates: 27°35′N 85°23′E / 27.59°N 85.39°E / 27.59; 85.39Coordinates: 27°35′N 85°23′E / 27.59°N 85.39°E / 27.59; 85.39
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Lalitpur District
Established	December 2014
Expanded	March 2017
Government
• Type	Mayor–council government
• Mayor	Gajendra Maharjan (NC)[1]
• Deputy Mayor	Muna Adhikari Kunwar (NC)[1]
Area
• Total	96.11 km2 (37.11 sq mi)
Population  (2011 Nepal census)
• Total	78,301
• Density	814.7/km2 (2,110/sq mi)
Website	godawarimun.gov.np

It is one of the popular hiking destinations in Nepal for its rich wildlife and splendid environment. Godawari is also famous for its botanical garden and Godavari temple (Kunda and navadhara). Phulchoki is located in Godawari which is the highest peak in Kathmandu valley.

Ghatghar Dam was built for hydropower generation by diverting the water of the Pravara tributary outside the Godavari river basin to a west-flowing river which joins the Arabian sea.Godawari is a municipality in Lalitpur District in Bagmati Province of Nepal. It was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Godawari, Badikhel, Bisankhunarayan, Godamchaur and Thaiba of Lalitpur District of Bagmati Zone. The municipality area was again expanded in March 2017 to include in total 12 previous VDCs. The six VDCs added were Devichaur, Dukuchhap, Chhampi, Thecho, Chapagaun, Jharuwarasi and Lele. The center of this rural municipality is located at Bajrabarahi. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 78,301 people living in 17,762 individual households. It is one of the popular hiking destinations in Nepal for its rich wildlife and splendid environment. Godavari is also famous for its botanical garden and godavari temple (kunda and navadhara). Phulchoki is located in Godavari which is the highest peak in Kathmandu valley.

Media[]

To promote local culture, Godawari one FM radio station ECR FM - 104.2 MHz, which is a Community Radio Station.^{[citation needed]}

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External links[]

• Godawari Municipality Official Page