Gauradaha Municipality

Gauradaha[1] is a municipality in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. After the government announcement the municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Maharanijhoda, Baigundhura, Juropani, Kohabara and Gauradaha village development committees (VDCs).[2][3] The center of the municipality is established in the mid of Gauradaha, Dhobiniya chowk. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census after merging the four VDCs population it had a total population of 47,393 persons.[4] After the government decision the number of municipalities has reached 217 in Nepal.[5]

Gauradaha
गौरादह
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Gauradaha is located in Koshi Province
Gauradaha
Gauradaha
Location in Province No. 1 jhapa
Gauradaha is located in Nepal
Gauradaha
Gauradaha
Gauradaha (Nepal)
Coordinates: 26.56°N 87.72°E / 26.56; 87.72
Country   Nepal
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictJhapa
Government
 • MayorChattrapati Subedi (UML)
 • Deputy MayorJalbarsha Rajbanshi (UML)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total53,640
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code
57216
Area code023
Websitegauradahamun.gov.np

References
  1. "Govt declares 26 new municipalities". EKantipur. 19 September 2015.
  2. "26 new Municipalities announced". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  3. "Govt announces 26 municipalities" (PDF). The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  4. Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal: National Population and Housing Census 2011 Archived July 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Govt adds 26 municipalities, 1 sub metropolis". Setopati. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.


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