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Lalitpur District (Nepali: ललितपुर जिल्ला Listen ⓘ, in Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Lalitpur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 396.92 km 2 (153.25 sq mi) and has a population (2001) of 337,785.
Patan Durbar Square (Nepal Bhasa: 𑐫𑐮 𑐮𑐵𑐫𑐎𑐹 /यल लायकु, Nepali: पाटन दरवार) is situated at the centre of the city of Lalitpur in Nepal. It is one of the three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley , all of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites .
[2] [3] In terms of area, Pokhara is the largest metropolitan city covering a subtotal of 464.28 km 2 [4] while Lalitpur is the smallest, with an area of 36.12 km 2. Ghorahi is the largest sub-metropolitan city with an area of 522.21 km 2 where as Dhangadhi is the largest sub-metropolitan city by a population of 204,788.
Lalitpur is believed to have been founded in 249 BC by the Emperor Ashoka. [6] [7] It was further expanded by the Mallas during the medieval period. Later Lalitpur is said to have been re-established by King Veer Deva in 299 AD, but there is unanimity among scholars that Patan was a well established and developed town since ancient times.
As defined by Part 17 of the Constitution of Nepal, the municipalities are governed by a Municipal Executive headed by a mayor.The Municipal Executive consists of the deputy mayor, ward chairpersons elected from each ward in the municipality, and five women members elected by the Municipal Assembly among themselves and three members from the Dalit or other minority communities. [3]
Khokana is a former Village Development Committee (VDC) which has been merged with the neighbouring VDC's of Bungamati, Chhampi, Dukuchhap, Sainbu and other 38 VDC's to form the Metropolitan City of Lalitpur in Lalitpur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal.
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Konjyosom Rural Municipality is a Rural Municipality in Lalitpur District in Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established in 2017 by merging the former Village development committees Sankhu, Dalchoki, Chaughare, Nallu and Bhardev.The center of this rural municipality is located at Chaughare.