Kamalbazar Municipality

Kamalbazar
कमलबजार
Municipality
Kamalbazar
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29°07′N 81°19′E / 29.11°N 81.31°E / 29.11; 81.31Coordinates: 29°07′N 81°19′E / 29.11°N 81.31°E / 29.11; 81.31
Country    Nepal
District Achham District
Population (2011)
 • Total 23,738
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NST)

Kamalbazar (Nepali: कमलबजार) is a municipality in Achham District in Province No. 7 of Nepal that was established on 18 September 2015 by merging the former Village development committees Bayala, Dhaku, Chalsa, Sera, Muli and Mashtabandali and Kuika.[1] Kamalbazar is a trade centre for East Achham. It also has a Primary Health Center and some banking facilities, which benefit locals, as they previously had to go the district headquarter Mangalsen to use such services. Wind energy facilities and solar power facilities support the local power supply.. Administrative offices are located in the former Bayala.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 23,738 people living in 4,482 individual households.[2]

Transportation

Kamalbazar Airport lies in Kamalbazar but is currently out of operation.

References

  1. ↑ "The Kathmandu Post :: Govt declares 26 new municipalities". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.


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