Gadhimai
| Gadhimai Nagarpalika गढीमाई नगरपालिका Gadhimai |
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 8 ′ N , 84 ° 57 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Nepal | ||
| Province No. 2 | |||
| Zone | Narayani | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P2 | ||
| District | Bara | ||
| height | 116 m | ||
| surface | 153.9 km² | ||
| Residents | 83,367 (2011) | ||
| density | 541.6 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | May 18, 2014 | ||
| Website | www.gadhimaimun.gov.np | ||
| 16 wards | |||
Gadhimai ( Nepali गढिमाई ) is a city in the central Terai of Nepal in the Bara district .
The city was created in 2014 by amalgamating the Village Development Committees (VDCs) Chhata Pipra , Dumbarwana , Fattepur , Jitpur Bhawanipur and Pipara Simara . The city is named after the goddess Gadhimai . It is located 15 km north-northeast of Birganj at the foot of the Siwaliks . The Tribhuvan Rajmarg (H2) highway from Birganj to Kathmandu runs through Gadhimai. The city has an airfield, Simara Airport . The urban area covers 153.93 km².
Residents
At the 2011 census, the VDCs from which the city of Gadhimai emerged had 83,367 inhabitants (41,797 of them male) in 15,959 households.
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) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
