Chaurjahari

Chaurjahari
चौरजहारी[1]
Municipality
Chaurjahari
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°39′18″N 82°11′57″E / 28.6549°N 82.1992°E / 28.6549; 82.1992Coordinates: 28°39′18″N 82°11′57″E / 28.6549°N 82.1992°E / 28.6549; 82.1992
Country    Nepal
Zone Rapti Zone
District Rukum District
Government
  Mayor Bishal Sharma (NCP)
  Deputy Mayor Radha Roka (NCP)
Area
  Total 107.38 km2 (41.46 sq mi)
Population (2011)
  Total 27,438
  Density 260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NST)
Website http://chaurjaharimun.gov.np

Chaurjahari is a Municipality in West Rukum District in Karnali province of Nepal that was established in 2015 through the merging the two former Village development committees Bijayaswori and Kotjahari.[2] It lies on the bank of Sani Bheri River. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 27,438 people living in 5,422 individual households.[3]

Transportation

Chaurjahari Airport lies in Old-Bijayashwari.[4]

References

  1. "Chaurjahari Municipality". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. "Govt declares 26 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. "Rukum Chaurjahari Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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