Siddhicharan Municipality
Siddhicharan Municipality
सिद्धिचरण नगरपालिका | |
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Municipality | |
Siddhicharan Municipality Location of Siddhicharan in map of Province No. 1 | |
Coordinates: 27°19′N 86°30′E / 27.317°N 86.500°ECoordinates: 27°19′N 86°30′E / 27.317°N 86.500°E | |
Country | Nepal |
District | Okhaldhunga District |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mohan Kumar Shrestha (NCP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Ichha Kumari Gurung (NCP) |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
Website | official website |
Siddhicharan is a municipality and the district headquarter of Okhaldhunga District in Province No. 1 of Nepal that was established in May 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Andheri, Thulachhap, Jyamire, Salleri, Rumjatar and Okhaldhunga.[1][2] It is named after the Nepali poet Siddhicharan Shrestha.[3] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 27,995 people living in 6,994 individual households.[4]
Transportation[]
Rumjatar Airport lies in Old-Rumjatar offering flights to Lukla and Kathmandu.[5]
References[]
- ^ 72 new municipalities announced My Republica
- ^ Govt announces 72 new municipalities The Kathmandu Post
- ^ "Brief Introduction". Siddhicharan Municipality. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Rumjatar Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- Populated places in Okhaldhunga District
- Municipalities in Province No. 1
- Nepal municipalities established in 2014
- Municipalities in Okhaldhunga District