Khajura Rural Municipality
खजुरा गाउँपालिका Khajura Bajaar | |
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| खजुरा गाउँपालिका | |
| Nickname: खजुरा बजार | |
| Motto(s): सम्बृद्द खजुरा, हाम्रो चाहना | |
  Khajura Rural Municipality Location in Lumbini Province  Khajura Rural Municipality Khajura Rural Municipality (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 28°12′N 81°41′E / 28.200°N 81.683°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Lumbini Province |
| District | Banke District |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | rural council |
| • Chairperson | Dambar Bahadur BK (Tuphan) |
| • Deputy-Chairperson | Manju Malla |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 50,961 |
| • Rank | 3rd (Nepal) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Area code | 081-560XXX |
| Website | http://www.khajuramun.gov.np/ |
Khajura Rural Municipality also known as Khajura Bajaar is a municipality in Banke District in the Bheri Zone in mid-western Nepal.[1] The municipality was established on 10 March 2017 by merging the existing six Village Development Committees i.e. Radhapur, Sitapur, Bageshwari, Sonpur, Udharapur, Raniyapur. The town is in Nepalganj-Gulariya highway and one of the fastest developing places in Nepal. A neighboring city Nepalgunj is on east(8 km), and further 6 km is the Indian border. In fact it is a growing city in the western region of Nepal.
It is accessible by air (Nepalgunj Airport) and by road (559 km west of Kathmandu).
- ^ Gaviria, G., Lee, J., Ospina, P., Soloman, S. and Suharyanto I. (2012). 'Kohalpur: strategic transition from VDC to municipality and potentials for sustainable growth along a strategic highway junction', in Urban Management 2012 Applied Research Project: Four Case Studies in Nepal. Berlin: Technische Universitat Berlin.
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