Jitpur is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and Village Development Committee in

Ilam District Ilam district () is one of Districts of Province No. 1, 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. It is a Geography of Nepal#The Hill Region, Hill districts of Nepal, district and covers . The 2011 Nepal census, 2011 census counted 290,25 ...

in the Province No. 1 of eastern

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. 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 5,454 persons residing in 989 individual households.

History

Jitpur was known as 'Winner' where dominated Limbu communities campaign for fighting for their areas and land in ancient even medieval era; there was a tradition of an arranged fight during Phagupurnima or Ramnawami fairs in March/April every year till the 1990s. Jitpur used to be known as Dhukuti of Ilam (main source of rice), very fertile land with full of teraces of paddy fields with ample irrigation. These days, Jitpur is one of the popular areas for quality product of green-tea, ginger, broom and black cardamom.

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Geography

Jitpur Village Development Committee (VDC) lies right in the middle of Ilam district. The Jitpur VDC has neighbouring Mangalbare VDC on North, Sangrumba VDC on the East and Sidhithumka VDC on the west. It is border with a small stream called, Lewa khola (stream) with Mangalbare VDC. It consists of nine wards, with a central office in ward number 4, Nawami where a 10 plus 2 school and a few retail shops are allocated. Jitpur is accessible with a gravel motorable road with bus services in the winter and 4x4 taxis even monsoon seasons. It takes about 2 hours drive from Ilam and 3–5 hours on foot.

Society

This village has varieties of integrated communities of Rais, Magars, Limbus, Tamangs, BKs, Tailors, Giri, Bramans, Kshetris and others together.

External links

UN map of the municipalities of Ilam District
Populated places in Ilam District {{IlamNP-geo-stub