Sundarijal

Sundarijal सुन्दरीजल
Village development committee
The waterfall Sweet Sixteen, Sundarijal, Nepal
Sundarijal Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°43′46.20″N 85°24′23.45″E / 27.7295000°N 85.4065139°E / 27.7295000; 85.4065139Coordinates: 27°43′46.20″N 85°24′23.45″E / 27.7295000°N 85.4065139°E / 27.7295000; 85.4065139
Country	Nepal
Zone	Bagmati Zone
District	Kathmandu District
Area
• Total	5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	2,586
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal code	44603
Area code(s)	01

Sundarijal is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal.

The VDC was named after the Hindu goddess, . A temple is dedicated to the deity in Sundarijal.

In 1960, the Sundarijal Military Detention Camp was the location of Nepali Congress leaders B.P. Koirala (the Prime Minister), Ganesh Man Singh, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Diwan Singh Rai, Ram Narayan Mishra, Yogendra Man Sherchan, and Jaman Singh Gurung. They were held without trial for eight years due to their participation in a 1960 coup.

Sundarijal is located 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. It is west of Gagalphedi, east of Nayapati and Baluwa, and north of Aalapot. The VDC touches Nuwakot and Sindhulpalchok Districts to the north.

Sundarijal covers an area of 5.18 square kilometres (2 sq mi). The Bagmati River flows through the VDC, where it is joined by the Shyalmati and Nagmati Rivers. Largely hilly in its terrain with few flat areas, the VDC is covered by forests. Shivapuri National Park covers large amounts of the Sundarijal.

The climate of Sundarijal is temperate. The average for the summer is 25.5˚C while that for the winter is 0˚C.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Sundarijal had a population of 2,552 living in 547 individual households. For the 2001 census Sundarijal had a population of 2586 in 444 individual households. Sixty percent of the townsfolk are Buddhists, while a 40% minority of Hindus are present.