Attariya Municipality

Godawari Municipality
गोदावरी नगरपालिका
Municipality
Godawari Municipality
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°48′N 80°33′E / 28.80°N 80.55°E / 28.80; 80.55Coordinates: 28°48′N 80°33′E / 28.80°N 80.55°E / 28.80; 80.55
Country    Nepal
Province Province No.7
Zone Seti Zone
District Kailali District
Government
 • Mayor Hari Singh Saud (NCP)
 • Deputy Mayor Ratna Kathayat (NCP)
Area
 • Total 109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 72,521
 • Density 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code 10911
Area code(s) 091
Website www.godawarimunkailali.gov.np

Godawari previously, Attariya is one of the Municipality of Kailali District in the Seti Zone of western Nepal. The municipality was declared on 18 May 2014 merging existing Malakheti, Sripur, Geta Village development committees. [1][2]

Transport

Attariya is the center of Godawari municipality which is gateway of Far west Nepal. The Mahendra Highway and Mahakali highway meet at the Attariya making a transport hub in the region. Attariya is about 600 km far from Kathmandu, 15 km far from Dhangadhi, 40 km from Mahendranagar and 120 km far from Dadeldhura. Buses serve as the main mode of transport. Magic van, Tempo, Taxi and electric auto serve as means of local transportation.

Census

Total population of Godawari Municipality is 78,018,. Chetree is the dominant caste followed by Tharu Ethnic group. Brahmin Ranked third with. The male to female sex-ratio is 91.41. Total 13,745 household are there with household size 5.27.[3]

Education

Development of significant number of School and colleges in Attariya led far western Nepal to become an educational hub. Durga Laxmi Multiple Camus offers various courses on Arts, Commerce and education up to Post Graduate level. It offers a course of computer engineering for class 9 & 10. Saraswati International Model High School is renowned for its quality school level education. Recently, The school was awarded by British Council for its educational excellence. Geta Eye hospital offers diploma in ophthalmology. The proposed Dasharatha Chanda Institute of Medical Sciences which is in ward no.12 is under construction and will offer many course in Medical sciences in future.

Health

Geta Eye Hospital

Padma Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Sewa Nursing Home provides health services based on Attraiya. Geta Eye Hospital is one of the largest eye hospital in the country. Geta Eye Hospital is a service oriented, social organization that provides preventative and curative eye care services in the Far Western Region of Nepal. This hospital provides medical and surgical eye care services with community based outreach activities such as Surgical eye camps and screening camps in all nine districts of the Seti and Mahakali Zones. The hospital also provides eye care services to a large number of patients visiting from Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal of Northern India.The number of patients is increasing every year due to continuous improvement in surgical techniques and relatively low service costs of the medical and surgical treatments. These costs are easily affordable for the middle class as well as poor patients.[4]

Media

To promote local culture, Attariya has Godawari FM 87.9 MHz and Radio Khaptad 98.2 MHz in Mohanpur.

Tourism

There are some beautiful destination near Attariya city. Here are the most visited spots near attariya.[5]

  • Lami taal
  • Godawari River Temple side
  • Machheli

References

  1. ↑ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. ↑ Nepal census 2011
  4. ↑ http://nnjs.org.np/shows/pag/geta-eye-hospital. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Machheli River another tourist destination in kailali district". Prasant Bhatt. Retrieved 2018-05-20.


Trade:

Attariya is the main trade centre of kailali district.There are many readymade fancy clothes shop in Attariya. New Ganesh General Store located in pahad road, Attariya located under rastriya banijya bank limited is a fancy shop where we can get clothes in good amount.

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