Butwal

Butwal
बुटवल
Sub-Metropolitan City
Clockwise from top: Butwal,Siddhababa Temple,Siddhartha Rajmarga, Jit Gadhi
Butwal is located in Lumbini Province
Butwal
Butwal
Location of Butwal in province
Butwal is located in Nepal
Butwal
Butwal
Butwal (Nepal)
Coordinates: 27°42′00″N 83°27′58″E / 27.70°N 83.466°E / 27.70; 83.466
Country Nepal
ProvinceLumbini
DistrictRupandehi
MetropolitanButwal
Government
 • MayorKhel Raj Pandey (Congress)
 • Deputy MayorSabitra Devi Aryal (CPN(UML))
Area
 • Total101.61 km2 (39.23 sq mi)
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2021 Nepal census)
 • Total195,054[1]
 • Rank12th (Nepal)
2nd (Lumbini Province)
 • Density1,920/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Magar Thakuri Newar Tharu Kami Gurung Damai Chhetri Bahun
 2021 Nepal census[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Post code
32907
Area code071
Websitebutwalmun.gov.np

Butwal (Nepali: बुटवल), officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City (Nepali: बुटवल उपमहानगरपालिका),previously known as Khasyauli (Nepali: खस्यौली[2]), is a sub-metropolitan city and economic hub in Lumbini Province in West Nepal. Butwal has a city population of 195,054 as per the 2021 AD Nepal census.[3]

The city is one of the tetra-cities of rapidly growing Butwal-Tilottama-Bhairahawa-Devdaha urban agglomeration primarily based on the Siddhartha Highway in West Nepal with a total urban agglomerated population of 4,74,541.[1] It is one of the fastest-growing cities in Nepal for health, education, construction, communication, trade, and banking sectors. It has highway connections to the Indian border at Sunauli and to the hilly towns in Tansen and Pokhara valley, and holds the title of being "The Best City in Nepal" five times in a row.

Geographically, Butwal is at the intersection of Nepal's two different National Highways, Mahendra Highway and Siddhartha Highway. It connects western Nepal with the capital Kathmandu through the highway and air links (via Gautam Buddha International Airport at Siddharthanagar). The city stands beside the bank of Tinau River, and at the northern edge of the Terai plain below the Siwalik Hills. Its name, Butwal was derived from Batauli Bazaar , the town's oldest residential area which is located on the western bank of the Tinau River.[4]

Butwal was officially declared as a sub-metropolitan city on 2 December 2014 AD by combining two neighboring VDCs Motipur and Semlar. The city is currently headed by Nepali Congress leader Khel Raj Pandey.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). cbs.gov.np. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Pun, Suman (24 April 2024). "खस्यौली एफ. एम. ९१.८". www.khasyaulifm.com.np. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Nepal: Municipal Division (Districts and Local Units) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  4. ^ https://butwalmun.gov.np/
  5. ^ Today, N. L. (21 May 2022). "NC's Khel Raj Pandey elected Butwal mayor". Nepal Live Today. Retrieved 5 July 2022.