Kolhuwa

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Kolhuwa
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Kolhuwa
Kolhuwa (Nepal)
Coordinates: 27°34′N84°04′E / 27.57°N 84.06°E / 27.57; 84.06 Coordinates: 27°34′N84°04′E / 27.57°N 84.06°E / 27.57; 84.06
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Zone Lumbini Zone
District Nawalparasi District
Population
 (1991)
  Total6,292
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Kolhuwa is a village development committee in Nawalparasi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6292 people living in 1025 individual households. [1] .This VDC was merged in the Madhyabindu municipality on 19 September 2015 along with Tamasariya and Narayani Village development committees (VDCs). [2] [3] The center of the municipality is established in the former Tamasariya VDC of Chormara Bazaar. After merging the three VDCs population it had a total population of 28,224 according to 2011 Nepal census. [4]

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