Ishworpur is a

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Sarlahi District Sarlahi ( ne, सर्लाही ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which ...

in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Bela, Bhaktipur, Gaurishankar and Ishwarpur VDCs. At the time of the

1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...

it had a population of 14,014 people living in 249 individual households..

Literacy

Nowadays, with the help of social awareness programs operated by many NGOs, government, media & many locals literacy rate is increasing.

Media

To promote local culture, Ishwarpur has one FM radio station Samudayik Radio ekata - 92.4 MHz It is a

Community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...

Station which among others is more popular in this area.

References

External links

UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District Municipalities in Madhesh Province Nepal municipalities established in 2014 {{Sarlahi-geo-stub