Sitapaila

Sitapaila
सीतापाइला
Sitapaila
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°43′N 85°17′E / 27.72°N 85.28°E / 27.72; 85.28
Country   Nepal
ProvinceProvince No. 3
DistrictKathmandu
Population
 (1991)
  Total
5,156
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Sitapaila is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Nagarjun Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. The name of the community comes from "Sita" who was the wife of Lord Ram and daughter of Nepalese King Janak and "paila" meaning footsteps in Nepali. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,156 and had 1,008 households in it.