Gadhimai Municipality
गढीमाई नगरपालिका Gadhimai Nagarpalika | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Sarlahi Transit | |
  Gadhimai Municipality Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 26°56′23″N 85°22′04″E / 26.93972°N 85.36778°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 2 |
| Zone | Narayani |
| District | Rautahat |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council government |
| • Mayor | Shyam Yadav |
| • Deputy Mayor | Shubhadra Gupta |
| Area | |
• Total | 49.44 km2 (19.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 40,410[1] |
| • Ethnic Groups | Tharu Yadav Muslim Mallaah Brahmin Bhumihar Dom Chamar Thakur Bania sahuji rauniar |
| • Religions | Sanatan Dharma Islam |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal code | 44513 |
| Area code | 055 |
| Geocode | NP-TW |
| Main language | Bajjika, Bhojpuri, Tharu,Urdu, Maithili, Nepali |
| Website | http://gadhimaimun.gov.np/ |
Gadhimai is a municipality in Rautahat district of Narayani zone, Nepal. It lies at the border of Rautahat district that links Sarlahi District over Bagmati River. It was formed by merging[2] former 6 Village development committees Gamhariya, samanpur, Sangrampur, Bahuwa Madanpur, Dharampur and Bariyarpur just before 2017 Nepalese local elections.
The current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rautahat District Constituency 4(B) Pradesh Sabha and former VDC chairman Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad better known by his nickname Phool Babu is a resident.[3]
- ^ Central Bureau Statistics: National Population and Housing Census 2011 (p. 54, nr 33). Archived July 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gadhimai Municipality, "Merging of VDCs", 2017
- ^ Pradesh Sabha, "Election 2017", 7 December 2017