Jitpur, Ilam

For other places with the same name, see Jitpur.

Jitpur is a town and Village Development Committee in Ilam District in the Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,454 persons residing in 989 individual households.^[1]

Jitpur जीतपुर
Village Development Committee
Country	Nepal
Province	Province No. 1
District	Ilam District
Population  (1991)
• Total	5,454
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

History

Jitpur was known as 'Winner' where dominated Limbu communities campaign for fighting for their areas and land in ancient even medieval era; there was a tradition of an arranged fight during Phagupurnima or Ramnawami fairs in March/April every year till the 1990s. Jitpur used to be known as Dhukuti of Ilam (main source of rice), very fertile land with full of teraces of paddy fields with ample irrigation. These days, Jitpur is one of the popular areas for quality product of green-tea, ginger, broom and black cardamom.