Kanchan Rup

Kanchan Rup
कञ्चन रूप नगरपालिका
Municipality
Kanchan Rup
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°38′N 86°55′E / 26.64°N 86.91°E / 26.64; 86.91Coordinates: 26°38′N 86°55′E / 26.64°N 86.91°E / 26.64; 86.91
Country    Nepal
Zone Sagarmatha Zone
District Saptari District
Population (2011)
  Total 46,887(apx.)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code 56404
Area code(s) 031

Kanchan Rup is a Municipality in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. This municipality was formed on 18 May 2014 by merging nine villages around it i.e. Baramjhiya, Badgama, Theliya, Jagatpur, Kanchanpur, Pipra (Purba), Rupnagar, Dharmpur and Ghoghanpur.[1][2]

At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6007.[3]

Schools

References

  1. 72 new municipalities announced Archived 18 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. My Republica
  2. Govt announces 72 new municipalities Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. The Kathmandu Post
  3. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.


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