Godawari 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 a west-flowing river which joins the Arabian sea.Godawari is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in
Lalitpur District in
Bagmati Province
Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provin ...
of Nepal. It was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former
Village development committees
A village development committee ( ne, गाउँ विकास समिति; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, ...
Godawari,
Badikhel
Badikhel is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Godawari Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,711 in 461 individual households. Bamboo is ...
,
Bisankhunarayan,
Godamchaur and
Thaiba of Lalitpur District of
Bagmati Zone
Bagmati Zone ( ne, बागमती अञ्चल ''Bāgmatī Añcal'') was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restoration of zones to Provinces. Its headquarters are Kathmandu. It was named after the Bagmati River. It was in the ...
. 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
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...
it had a population of 78,301 people living in 17,762 individual households.
Media
To promote local culture, Godawari one FM radio station ''ECR FM - 104.2 MHz'', which is a
Community Radio Station.
References
External links
Godawari Municipality Official Page
{{Lalitpur District
Municipalities in Lalitpur District, Nepal