Arjundhara
अर्जुनधारा | |
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  Arjundhara Location of Arjundhara Municipality in Koshi Province  Arjundhara Arjundhara (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26°41′06″N 87°59′29″E / 26.685052°N 87.99136°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Koshi |
| District | Jhapa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Baldevsingh Gomden Tamang (CPN UML) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Khadga Maya Parajuli (CPN UML) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 60,205 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal Code | 57205 |
| Area code | 023 |
| Website | official website |
Arjundhara (Nepali: अर्जुनधारा) is a municipality in Jhapa District of Province No. 1 in Eastern Nepal. It was formed in 2014[citation needed] by merging the former village development committees Arjundhara, Shanischare, and Khudunabari.[1][2] It was named Shani-Arjun initially but was changed to Arjundhara again in January 2017.[citation needed] It is named after a holy place situated here, Arjundhara Temple. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 60,205 people living in 13,623 individual households.[3]
- ^ 72 new municipalities announced My Republica
- ^ Govt announces 72 new municipalities Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine The Kathmandu Post
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.