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 centre of this municipality is located at Bajrabarahi.
4-1174: At the time of the 2011 Nepal census , Godawari Municipality had a population of 80,376. Of these, 49.7% spoke Nepali , 27.5% Newar , 15.3% Tamang , 2.4% Pahari , 1.0% Danwar , 0.9% Magar , 0.6% Maithili , 0.6% Rai , 0.3% Bhojpuri , 0.2% English , 0.2% Gurung , 0.2% Limbu , 0.2% Tharu , 0.1% Hindi , 0.1% Sherpa , 0.1% Sunuwar and 0.2% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 28.6% were Newar , 26.8% Chhetri , 16.2% Tamang , 10.8% Hill Brahmin , 4.3% Pahari , 2.7% Magar , 1.9% Sarki , 1.3% Kami , 1.1% Damai /Dholi, 1.1% Danuwar, 1.1% Rai , 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4% Gurung , 0.4% Tharu , 0.2% Bhote , 0.2% other Dalit , 0.2% Limbu , 0.2% Majhi, 0.2% Musalman , 0.1% Badi , 0.1% Dhanuk , 0.1% Gharti/ Bhujel , 0.1% Hajam /Thakur, 0.1% Sherpa , 0.1% Sunuwar , 0.1% Teli , 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Thakuri , 0.1% Thami , 0.1% Yadav and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 80.6% were Hindu , 13.9% Buddhist , 4.8% Christian , 0.4% Muslim , 0.3% Kirati and 0.1% others. In terms of literacy, 75.0% could read and write, 1.6% could only read and 23.3% could neither read nor write. Godawari
8-531: A district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and villages of each district . The data included statistics on population size, households, sex and age distribution, place of birth, residence characteristics, literacy, marital status, religion, language spoken, caste/ethnic group, economically active population, education, number of children, employment status, and occupation. The population wise ranking of 126 Nepalese castes/ethnic groups as per 2011 Nepal census. This Nepal -related article
12-546: A west-flowing river which joins the Arabian sea. To promote local culture, Godawari one FM radio station ECR FM - 104.2 MHz , which is a Community Radio Station . Former VDCs: 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics . Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at
16-630: 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 Godawari temple (Kunda and navadhara). Mt. Phulchowki 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 Godawari river basin to
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