{"id":"sisotiya","type":"place","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sisotiya","language":"en","name":"Sisotiya","name_en":"Sisotiya","name_ne":"सिसौटिया","description":"Human settlement in Nepal","headline":"Human settlement in Nepal","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Sisautiya सिसौटिया is a small and most populated village in the southernmost part of Nepal commonly known as Madhesh or Terai. Sisautiya is 9 km north of the Indian border, 18 km south from Brahathawa municipality 9 km west from district headquarters Malangawa. It is located at 26°52'0N 85°34'0E with an altitude of 79 metres(262 feet) There is a customs checkpoint at the border crossing. It is part of the Sarlahi district and Province No. 2. It forms the main part of the Sisautiya village development committee. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 13,729 people living in 2259 individual households.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"human settlement","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486972"},{"text":"ward of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530705"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7530768#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Janakpur Zone (zone of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9152","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/janakpur-zone"},{"text":"Central Development Region (development region of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28579","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/central-development-region-nepal"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7530768#P131"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisautiya","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7530768"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Sisotiya located?","a":"Sisotiya is located in Janakpur Zone, Central Development Region, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"},{"name":"Pokhara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara"},{"name":"Lumbini","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Godaita","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/godaita","km":2.6},{"name":"Dhangada","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhangada","km":2.9},{"name":"Belhi, Sarlahi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/belhi-sarlahi","km":3.1},{"name":"Dhanakaul Purba","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhanakaul-purba","km":3.4},{"name":"Sikhauna","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sikhauna","km":3.5},{"name":"Bagdaha, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bagdaha-nepal","km":4.1}],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Sisotiya","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisautiya","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7530768","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7530768","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Sisotiya, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Sisotiya\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/sisotiya. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T07:01:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/sisotiya","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/sisotiya","ne":null}}