Amargadhi
अमरगढी | |
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 Statue of Amar Singh Thapa at Amaragadhi Fort | |
  Amargadhi Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 29°18′00″N 80°34′47″E / 29.30000°N 80.57972°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Sudurpashchim |
| District | Dadeldhura |
| Incorporated | January 24, 1997[citation needed] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dilli Prasad Joshi |
| • Deputy Mayor | Parbati Jhukal |
| Elevation | 1,848 m (6,063 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 21,245 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Postal code | 10300 |
| Area code | 096 |
| Website | [1] |
Amargadhi is a municipality and the district headquarters of Dadeldhura District in Sudurpashchim Province in western Nepal. It was named after Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa, who fought in the Gurkha War between 1814 and 1816.[citation needed] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 21,245 people living in 4,778 individual households.[1]
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.