Gauriganga Municipality गौरीगंगाा नगरपालिका | |
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  Gauriganga Municipality Location in Nepal  Gauriganga Municipality Gauriganga Municipality (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 28°46′N80°46′E / 28.77°N 80.76°E Coordinates: 28°46′N80°46′E / 28.77°N 80.76°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Sudurpashchim Pradesh |
| District | Kailali District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bhim Bahadur Deuba (NCP) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Anchala Chaudhary (NCP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 244 km2 (94 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 58,286 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Post code | 10900 |
| Area code(s) | 091 |
| Website | www |
Gauriganga Municipality is a municipality in Kailali District in the Sudurpashchim Pradesh. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 58,286 living in 5,293 individual households. It is Surrounded by Ghodaghodi Municipality in the west , Godawari Municipality in the east , Mohanyal and Chure Rural Municipality in the north and Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan City and Kailari Rural Municipality in the south.
Kailali District, a part of Province No. 7 in Terai plain, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhangadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 3,235 square kilometres (1,249 sq mi) and has a population of 775,709.
Sudurpashchim Pradesh is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Karnali Pradesh and Province No. 5 to the east, and the Indian states of Uttarakhand to the west and Uttar Pradesh to the south. Initially known as Province No. 7, the newly elected Provincial Assembly adopted Sudurpashchim Pradesh as the permanent name for the province in September 2018. As per a 28 September 2018 Assembly voting, the city of Godawari has been declared the capital of the Province. The province is coterminous with the former Far-Western Development Region, Nepal.
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and villages of each district. The data included statistics on population size, households, sex and age distribution, place of birth, residence characteristics, literacy, marital status, religion, language spoken, caste/ethnic group, economically active population, education, number of children, employment status, and occupation.
