Arjundhara Municipality
| Arjundhara अर्जुनधारा | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
  Arjundhara Location of Arjundhara Municipality in Province No. 1  Arjundhara Arjundhara (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26°41′06″N 87°59′29″E / 26.685052°N 87.99136°ECoordinates: 26°41′06″N 87°59′29″E / 26.685052°N 87.99136°E | |
| Country |
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| Zone | Mechi |
| District | Jhapa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hari Kumar Rana (NCP) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Kamala Acharya (NCP) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 45,174 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal Code | 57205 |
| Area code(s) | 023 |
| Website | official website |
Arjundhara (Nepali: अर्जुनधारा) is a municipality in Jhapa District, Mechi Zone, Eastern Development Region of Province No. 1, Eastern Nepal. It is formed by the merging of three VDCs: Arjundhara VDC, Shanischare VDC and Khudunabari VDC. It was named Shani-Arjun initially but was changed to Arjundhara again in January 2017. It is named after a holy place situated here, Arjundhara Temple.
Statistics
According to Nepal census 2011 the population of Arjundhara Municipality was 45,174 with 21,414 males and 23,760 females living in 10,166 households.
Background
Arjundhara and Sanischare in 2017 joined to form Arjundhara municipality. Sanischare/Arjundhara was established by the Dhakals when they settled in the plains after immigrating from the immediate hills (Namsaling, Ilam) in the north. Jaya Prasad Dhakal son of Abhinarayan Dhakal was a prominent industrialist of the area. Later in life he devoted a lot of his time writing and critiquing Nepali literature. He was a pragmatist and much of his writings were inspired by Postmodern literature. Sanischare now Arjundhara was the first place in the entire country of Nepal to have a fruit canning industry in the 60s owned by Jaya Prasad Dhakal and later he also pioneered rubber plantation in Nepal. Back then, in the 60s and 70s Sanischare was known to be very industrial, but due to inflation and natural disasters mainly flooding Sanischare for a short while lost its gumption for growth and development. Sanischare continues to grow in population as it joins with Arjundhara and strives to be a progressive municipality in terms of politics and socio-economic reforms.
Hari Rana is working as Mayor at present in this municipality.