Chandrapur (Nepal)
| Chandrapur Nagarpalika चन्द्रपुर नगरपालिका Chandrapur |
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 7 ′ N , 85 ° 21 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Nepal | ||
| Province No. 2 | |||
| District | Rautahat | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P2 | ||
| height | 126 m | ||
| surface | 249.9 km² | ||
| Residents | 72,059 (2011) | ||
| density | 288.4 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | May 18, 2014 | ||
| Website | www.chandrapurmun.gov.np | ||
| 15 wards | |||
Chandrapur ( Nepali चन्द्रपुर Candrapur ) is a city (municipality) in the Rautahat district in the central Terai of Nepal .
Chandrapur is located 10 km west of the Bagmati River at the foot of the Siwaliks . The Mahendra Rajmarg trunk road , the main west-east road link in Nepal, runs through Chandrapur.
The city of Chandrapur was created in 2014 from the merger of the Village Development Committees Chandranigahapur , Dumariya (Matioun) , Judibela , Paurai and Santpur (Matioun) . The urban area covers 249.9 km².
Residents
At the 2011 census, the VDCs that made up the city of Chandrapur had 72,059 inhabitants (35,885 of whom were male) in 13,445 households. This makes Chandrapur the largest city in the district.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 72 new municipalities announced . My Republica.com. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ Government announces 72 new municipalities . The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ↑ Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 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.
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF; 2.1 MB) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
