Kamalamai

Kamalamai Nagarpalika कमलामाई नगरपालिका Kamalamai
Coordinates	27 ° 13 ′  N , 85 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 13 ′  N , 85 ° 55 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Bagmati
District	Sindhuli
height	510 m
surface	208 km²
Residents	39,413 (2011)
density	189.5  Ew. / km²
founding	1996
Website	www.kamalamaimun.gov.np
politics
Chief Executive Officer	Jagat Prasad Bhusal (October 2015)
18 wards

Kamalamai (former name: Sindhulimadi , Nepali सिन्धुलीमाडी ) is a city ( municipality ) and the administrative seat of Sindhuli District in Province No. 3 in Nepal .

The city lies in the valley of the Guang Khola . In 1767 the plain was the scene of a battle between the Kingdom of Gorkha (former name for Nepal) under Prithvi Narayan Shah and the British under Captain Kinloch. The British had advanced from India against Nepal and encountered fierce resistance near Sindhuli, which established the reputation of the Gurkhas . Ruins of a fortress are still on a ridge at an altitude of 1450  m , just under 10 km northeast of Kamalamai ( ⊙ ).

Kamalamai is on a new road, the BP Koirala Rajmarg , which connects the Kathmandu valley with the southeastern Terai . The urban area covers 207.95 km².

Residents

At the 2011 census, Kamalamai had 39,413 inhabitants (18,788 of them male) in 9,304 households.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.