Gokarneshwor Municipality is located in the northeast side of the capital city, Kathmandu. It was declared as municipality by the council of ministers on 2nd December, 2014. It consists of the then VDCs viz Sunadarijal, Nayapati, Baluwa, Gokarneshwor and Jorpati having center at Jorpati.

This municipality consists of diverse geography, historically important religious places and holy river Bagmati. The Budanilkantha Municipality and ward no 06 of Kathmandu lies in the east of this municipality. It is bordered by Kageshwori Manohara municipality in the south as well as west, Shivapuri National Park and Nuwakot district in the north. The area of Gokarneshwor municipality is 58.5 sq km and according to the census of 2011 AD the population is 107351 but because of migration it is assumed that the population is around 2 lakhs.

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