Mohanpur, Saptari
village in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal
Mohanpur is a developing village in Shambhunath Municipality in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly VDC was merged along with Khoksar Parbaha, Shambhunath, Mohanpur, Bhangha, Basbalpur and Rampur Jamuwa village development committee new municipality was formed on 18 May 2014. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 5673 people living in 1138 individual households.
The public source identifies “Mohanpur, Saptari” as village in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mohanpur, Saptari and village.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q6893681. Authority coordinates are 26.630, 86.670. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014, 2011 and 1138.
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