Birganj

बीरगञ्ज उपमहानगरपालिका Birganj Upmahanagarpalika
Birganj Upmahanagarpalika
Coordinates	27 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 27 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Province No. 2
District	Parsa
height	83 m
surface	21.2 km²
Residents	135,904 (2011)
density	6,419.7  Ew. / km²
Website	birgunjmun.gov.np
politics
Chief Executive Officer	Yagya Bahadur Khatri (September 2015)
City law 2nd order 30 wards
Nepalese border gate to India

Birganj ( Nepali वीरगञ्ज Bīrgañj ) is a border town in the central Terai of Nepal , approx. 190 km west of Kathmandu , 2 km north of the Indian border and the border town of Raxaul at an altitude of approx. 80  m . It is the administrative seat of the Parsa district . Birganj has the 2nd order town charter .

The urban area covers 21.17 km².

The Tribhuvan Rajmarg highway connects Birganj with the capital Kathmandu . The Simara Airport is located 20 km north-northeast of Birganj. Most of the country's imports go through Birganj. In addition, there are important industries in the city: sugar refinery, cigarettes, fish farming.

The main educational institution is the Tribhuvan University branch on Thakur Ram Multiple Campus .

Languages ​​spoken in the city are: Bhojpuri , Nepali , Maithili , Newari , Marwari and Hindi .

Residents

In the 2001 census the population was 112,484, in the 2011 census 135,904.

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Birganj Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 22nd 27 33 38 38 36 33 33 33 33 30th 25th O 31.8 Min. Temperature (° C) 7th 12 17th 21st 25th 26th 26th 26th 25th 21st 15th 9 O 19.2 Temperature (° C) 15.5 19.5 25th 29.5 31.5 31 29.5 29.5 29 27 22.5 17th O 25.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 17th 19th 6th 4th 18th 170 303 353 187 27 4th 6th Σ 1,114 Source: www.myweather2.com

Web links

Commons : Birgunj  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program, Index of Geographical names of Nepal 2007 (pp. 3-4). ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 52 kB) 
2. ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.