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Gauriganj
गौरिगञ्ज | |
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Gauriganj Gaunpalika | |
Country | Nepal |
Province | Province No. 1 |
District | Jhapa |
Wards | 6 |
Government | |
• Type | Local Government |
• Chairperson | Fulwati Rajbanshi (NC)[1] |
• Vice-Chairperson | Pujan Neupane (CON-UML)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 101.35 km2 (39.13 sq mi) |
Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
Population (2021[2]) | |
• Total | 36,145 |
• Density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Nepali |
• Local | Rajbanshi, surjapuri, Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
Postal code | 57200 |
Website | [1] |
Gauriganj (Nepali: गौरिगञ्ज) is a village and village development committee in the southwest corner of Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of southeastern Nepal.[3] It is in a flat agricultural district in the extreme southeast of Nepal, between Kadamgachhi, Hukkagachhi and Bhavanipur, only about 3 km from the border with Bihar, India.