Gaunsahar

Gaunshahar (Nepali: गाउँशहर) is a town and market place at Besishahar Municipality in Lamjung District in Gandaki Province of northern-central Nepal.[1] The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur & Chandisthan on May 15, 2014.[2][3][4] The temple of Lamjung Kalika & Lamjung Durbar are located here. This place is in the way of Annapurna Conservation Area. The Dumre-Besishahar-Chame highway also goes from this place. Here are different casts and religions.

Gaunshahar
गाउँशहर (in Nepali)
Painting of Lamjung Durbar
Painting of Lamjung Durbar
Country   Nepal
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictLamjung District
Government
  TypeBesishahar Municipality
Population
 (2011)
  Total6,611
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal Code
33600
Area code066

Population

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 6,611 (3,752 Female & 2,859 Male) people living in 1,757 individual Households.[5][6]

Media

Gaunshahar has one FM Radio station Radio Lamjung  88.4 MHz. Radio Chautari 91.4 MHz. This is a Community Radio station. Kaule Pani Home stay is also promoting the local culture in Gaunshahar.

See also

References

  1. "Lamjung District". District Development Committee Lamjung. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  2. "Population & Ward Division Of Besishahar Municipality". District Development Committee Lamjung. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  3. "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  4. "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  5. "Nepal Census 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-31.
  6. "Population & Ward Division Of Besishahar Municipality". District Development Committee Lamjung. Retrieved 2014-09-15.


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