Jorpati
Jorpati is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No.
Jorpati is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. In the 2011 census it had a population of 84,567 making it one of the largest villages in the world. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 10,796 and had 1,988 households in it.
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Worth seeing in and around Jorpati
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupati, considered a manifestation of Shiva. Located on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, the temple is one of the oldest and most significant religious complexes in South Asia.
3.3 km · Hindu temple in Kathmandu · Wikipedia - 02Guhyeshwari Temple
Guhyeshwari Temple, also spelled Guheswari or Gujeshwari, is a Hindu temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. The temple is a Shakta pitha and is about 1 km east of Pashupati Kshetra and is located on the southern bank of the Bagmati River.
2.8 km · Nepalese Hindu temple · Wikipedia - 03Nepal National Library
The Nepal National Library is the legal deposit and copyright library of Nepal under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
3.7 km · national library · Wikipedia - 04Kopan Monastery
Kopan Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a member of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, an international network of Gelugpa dharma centers, and once served as its headquarters.
2.9 km · tibetan Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 05Upper Mulpani Cricket Stadium
The Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Commonly known as Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground or simply Mulpani Ground is a cricket ground in Mulpani, Kathmandu, Nepal. In a historic moment for Nepali cricket, the Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground hosted its first-ever international match at any level, marking a significant milestone since its foundation stone was laid back in 2008.
1.1 km · Cricket stadium in Nepal · Wikipedia - 06The Taragaon Museum
Taragaon Next, formerly Taragaon Museum, is a private gallery located in Kathmandu. It is located in the northern part of the city near the Bouddhanath stupa.
2.3 km · Art museum in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 07Mulpani International Cricket Ground
The Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Commonly known as Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground or simply Mulpani Ground is a cricket ground in Mulpani, Kathmandu, Nepal. In a recent decision made at the Cricket Association of Nepal meeting, the Ground has been officially renamed in honor of the late former CAN President, Jayakumar Nath Shah.
1.1 km · cricket Ground in Nepal · Wikipedia - 08Amitabha Monastery
Amitabha Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal.
2.9 km · Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal · Wikipedia - 09Aryaghat
Pashupati Aryaghat is a ghat located near Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal. It is one of the most famous ghats in Nepal, notably used for open-air cremations, and also the site of an electronic crematorium.
3.2 km · Hindu temple in Bagmati Province, Nepal · Wikipedia - 10Gokarneshwor Mahadev temple
Gokarna Mahadev or Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple is an important Nepali temple, situated near the village of Gokarna, several kilometers northeast of Bodhnath in the Kathmandu Valley. Within the temple's sanctum lies an important lingam of the Hindu god Shiva, but its fame relies mainly on the collection of statues and carvings around the temple.
2.3 km · Hindu temple in Kathmandu district, Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jorpati
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 3 km · Pokhara (PHH), 144 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 196 km
- Stations
- Tribhuvan International Airport, 3.3 km
- Pokhara → Jorpati47 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · ₨485–650
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Jorpati62 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ₨470–630
- Siliguri → Jorpati107 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · ₹1,440–1,800
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Jorpati
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jorpati. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt is entirely possible to trek from one village to another in the Valley (some examples below), otherwise it is easy to hire a taxi or take local buses to get around the Kathmandu Valley.
- Go nextA good centre for trekking, most notably to the Annapurna area.
From Wikivoyage: Kathmandu Valley, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Jorpati
Jorpati is 6 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Daanchhihuman settlement in Nepal3.2 km
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