Amargadhi

Amargadhi
अमरगढी
Statue of Amar Singh Thapa at Amaragadhi Fort
Statue of Amar Singh Thapa at Amaragadhi Fort
Amargadhi is located in Nepal
Amargadhi
Amargadhi
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29°18′00″N 80°34′47″E / 29.30000°N 80.57972°E / 29.30000; 80.57972
Country   Nepal
ProvinceSudurpashchim
DistrictDadeldhura
IncorporatedJanuary 24, 1997[citation needed]
Government
 • MayorDilli Prasad Joshi
 • Deputy MayorParbati Jhukal
Elevation
1,848 m (6,063 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
21,245
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal code
10300
Area code096
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]

  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.