# Gorkha Municipality

_Municipality in Gorkha District, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-02

> Gorkha is a municipality in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal created in 1996. It was initially named "Prithvinarayan" after King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was born in Gorkha and united and founded modern Nepal. In 2009, the name was changed to "Gorkha" municipality after the end of the monarchy in Nepal. At the time of the 2021 Nepal census it had a population of 53,285 people living in 12,641 individual households. In 2014, the neighboring Village development committees Nareshwar, Phinam and thereafter Taple were merged into the municipality. Chhapthok, the most eastern Village, is the ward no.01 of the Municipality.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262223#P31))
- **Located in:** Gorkha District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262223#P131))
- **Established:** 1559 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262223#P571))
- **Official website:** gorkhamun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262223#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 28.0000, 84.6333

## Questions

**Where is Gorkha Municipality located?**  
Gorkha Municipality is located in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Gorkha Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): गोरखा नगरपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q262223](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262223) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: NP-GK-05 Gorkha Museum (Tallo Durbar) 1.jpg by Bibek Shrestha (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NP-GK-05_Gorkha_Museum_(Tallo_Durbar)_1.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Gorkha Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: NP-GK-05 Gorkha Museum (Tallo Durbar) 1.jpg — Bibek Shrestha, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Gorkha Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/gorkha-municipality. Retrieved 21 October 2026.