Simraungadh (Municipality)

This article is about the municipality in Nepal. For the medieval city, see Simraungadh (medieval city).
Simraungadh
Municipality
Map
Simraungadh is located in Nepal
Simraungadh
Simraungadh
Location in Nepal
Simraungadh is located in Madhesh Province
Simraungadh
Simraungadh
Simraungadh (Madhesh Province)
Coordinates: (26.8893386, 85.1168150)26°53′22″N 85°7′1″E / 26.88944°N 85.11694°E / 26.88944; 85.11694
CountryNepal
ProvinceMadhesh Province
DistrictBara District
Government
 • MayorKishori Sah Kalwar (Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal)
 • Deputy MayorNajmu Sehar (Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal)
Area
 • Total42.65 km2 (16.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total49,939
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Websitewww.simraungadhmun.gov.np
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Simraungadh, Simraongarh or Simroungarh (/ˈsiːmraʊnɡɜːr/, Devanagari: सिम्रौनगढ) is a municipality situated in Bara district of Nepal.

The municipality was created in 2014 by agglomerating the Village Development Committees of Amritganj, Golaganj, Hariharpur & Uchidih and later on expanded the municipality areas to include Bhagwanpur, Kachorwa, Dewapur-Teta, and Bishnupur,BadkaItwal]].[1][2][3][4][5]

The municipality is also contains parts of an archaeological site which is split between Indian and Nepal and which finds mention in the travel accounts of a Tibetan monk and pilgrim, Dharmasvamin (1236)[6][7] when he was on his way back to Nepal And Tibet, an Italian Missionary traveler, Cassiano Beligatti (1740),[8][9] Colonel James Kirkpatrick (1801) on his mission to Nepal[10] and later used in 1835 by British ethnologist Brian Houghton Hodgson.[11]

The city is located along the border between India and Nepal. It lies 90 km (56 mi) south of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and 28 km (17 mi) east of Birgunj metro city.[12] Bhojpuri is the local language of Simraungadh.[13]

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  9. ^ Ippolito, Desideri (1995). An account of Tibet : the travels of Ippolito Desideri, 1712-1727. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. pp. 322–323. ISBN 978-8120610194. OCLC 33941427.
  10. ^ Aitchison.c.u (1910). "The Treaties Amp Relating To Hyderabad Mysore And Coorg". Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  11. ^ Hodgson, B. H. (1835). "Account of a Visit to the Ruins of Simroun, once the capital of the Mithila province". Journal of the Asiatic Society. 4: 121−124.
  12. ^ Sah, Bharat. "सिम्रौनगढ : सम्पदा संरक्षणमा चुनौती" [Simraungadh: Challenge in heritage conservation]. Online Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  13. ^ Gopal Thakur Lohar (2006-06-04). A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Bhojpuri Language in Nepal.