Sitapaila

Sitapaila सीतापाइला
Village of Nagarjun Municipality
Sitapaila Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27.72°N 85.28°E / 27.72; 85.28
Country	Nepal
Province	Province No. 3
District	Kathmandu
Population  (1991)
• Total	5,156
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Sitapaila is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Nagarjun Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. The name of the community comes from "Sita" who was the wife of Lord Ram and daughter of Nepalese King Janak and "paila" meaning footsteps in Nepali.[1] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,156 and had 1,008 households in it.[2]

References

1. Web, House Nepal. "Sitapaila". Sitapaila.
2. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2008-08-28.