Gorkha Municipality

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Gorkha गोरखा
Municipality Hill station
Old royal palace of the Shah dynasty on a hill in Gorkha
Gorkha Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°0′0″N 84°38′0″E / 28.00000°N 84.63333°E / 28.00000; 84.63333Coordinates: 28°0′0″N 84°38′0″E / 28.00000°N 84.63333°E / 28.00000; 84.63333
Country	Nepal
Zone	Gandaki Zone
District	Gorkha District
Government
• Mayor	Rajan Raj Panta (NC)
• Deputy Mayor	Bina Kumari Shrestha (NC)
Population  (2011)
• Total	32,500
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code	34000
Area code(s)	064
Website	gorkhamun.gov.np
you can log on www.hamrogorkha.com

Gorkha (Nepali: गोर्खा, formerly known as Prithbinarayan Municipality) is a municipality in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal created in 1996^{[citation needed]}. It was initially named "Prithibinarayan" after King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was born in Gorkha and united and founded modern Nepal.^[1] In 2009, the name was changed to "Gorkha" municipality after the end of the monarchy in Nepal.^{[citation needed]} At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 49,272 people living in 13,127 individual households.^[2] In 2014, the neighboring Village development committees Nareshwar and Phinam were merged into the municipality.

The old royal palace (Gorkha Durbar), Gorakhnath and Kalika (temple of the goddess Kali) are the main attractions. The Royal Palace itself was destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. However the Gorakhnath shrine and Kalika temple are open with no entrance charges.^[3] The lower palace (Tallo Durbar) and a modern park are other major attractions. It is also the starting point of the Manasalu Himal (Mount Manasalu) and Mount Ganesh trekking route. Gorkha Hospital is the hospital and Drabya Saha Multiple Campus and Gorkha Education Campus are the two campuses serving the population.^{[citation needed]}

Media[]

To promote local culture Gorkha has three Community radio stations, Radio Manaslu - 103.9 MHz, Radio Gorkha - 92.8 MHz and Radio Deurali F.M - 106.4 MHz.

Transportation[]

Palungtar Airport, also known a Gorkha Airport, is an out of service airport that lies in the neighboring Palungtar Municipality. Gorkha is road accessible from all parts of Nepal. Gorkha has direct bus service from Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan ^[4]

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