Beldandi

Beldandi
बेलडाँडी
Beldandi
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°50′N 80°09′E / 28.84°N 80.15°E / 28.84; 80.15
Country   Nepal
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictKanchanpur District
Population
 (2011)
  Total
21 959
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)

Beldandi (Nepali: बेलडाँडी) is a rural municipality in Kanchanpur District in Sudurpashchim Province of southwestern Nepal named after the former Village Development Committee. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census the VDC had a population of 9301 people living in 1483 individual households. According to the Nepal census 2011 the municipality had 3022 individual households and a population of 21,959. In the north and west, Beldandi is surrounded by Suklaphatha national park. To the east lies Belauri Municipality. On the south, it borders India.

The main attractions in Beldandi are the local Tharu dance Gaura Festival and some night parties. In the education, there is a college named Rauleshwar Adarsh Janata Multiple Campus and Rauleshwar Higher Secondary School. The main shopping places are Chawanni Bazaar and Beldandi bazaar, small towns that supply daily goods and services.