Gorkha Municipality

{{Expand German|topic=geo|Gorkha|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Gorkha Municipality

| native_name = गोरखा

| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_skyline = NP-GK-05 Gorkha Museum (Tallo Durbar) 1.jpg

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| image_caption = Gorkha Bazar

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| image_seal = Gorkha Municipality Seal.png

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| pushpin_map = Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nepal

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Nepal}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gandaki Province

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Gorkha District

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Krishna Rana Magar

| leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor

| leader_name1 = Masali Maya Thokar

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| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_total = 53,285

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities

| population_blank2_title = Religions

| timezone = NST

| utc_offset = +5:45

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| coordinates = {{coord|28|0|0|N|84|38|0|E|type:city_region:NP|display=inline,title}}

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 34000

| area_code = 064

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| website = [http://gorkhamun.gov.np gorkhamun.gov.np]

| name = Gorkha

| native_name_lang = ne

| elevation_max_m = 1522

| elevation_min_m = 328

| seal_alt = The seal features Prithvi Narayan Shah in the foreground with the outline Gorkha Palace in the background. There is also a balance scale near the outline of palace representing equality. The seal is surrounded by flag of Nepal in the top, two rhododendron flower on each side of the flag and a laurel on the left and right side. A red ribbon with the words Gorkha Municipality, Nepal in Nepali language is at the bottom.

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Gorkha ({{langx|ne|गोरखा}}, formerly known as Prithvinarayan Municipality) is a municipality in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal created in 1996{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}. It was initially named "Prithvinarayan" ({{langx|ne|पृथ्वीनारायण}}) after King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was born in Gorkha and united and founded modern Nepal.[http://www.tourism.gov.np/en/category/tourism/major_tourism_sites Major Tourism Sites in Nepal] In 2009, the name was changed to "Gorkha" municipality after the end of the monarchy in Nepal.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} At the time of the 2021 Nepal census it had a population of 53,285 people living in 12,641 individual households.{{cite web |date=January 2021 |title=National Population and Housing Census 2021 |url=http://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/Home/Details?tpid=5&dcid=3479c092-7749-4ba6-9369-45486cd67f30&tfsid=17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622160829/http://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/Home/Details?tpid=5&dcid=3479c092-7749-4ba6-9369-45486cd67f30&tfsid=17 |archive-date=2022-06-22 |access-date= |website=Census Nepal |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics }} 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.

The old royal palace (Gorkha Durbar), Gorakhnath and Kalika (temple of the goddess Kali) are the main attractions. The Royal Palace itself was destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. However the Gorakhnath shrine and Kalika temple are open with no entrance charges.{{cite web|title=Gorkha Durbar Guide|date=26 September 2019 |url=https://www.thelongestwayhome.com/travel-guides/nepal/gorkha/gorkha-durbar.html|publisher=The Longest Way Home|access-date=15 October 2019}} The lower palace (Tallo Durbar) and a modern park are other major attractions. It is also the starting point of the Manasalu Himal (Mount Manasalu) and Mount Ganesh trekking route. Gorkha Hospital is the hospital and Drabya Saha Multiple Campus and Gorkha Education Campus are the two campuses serving the population.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}