Rupandehi District

Rupandehi District

रुपन्देही जिल्ला
Rupandehi District रुपन्देही जिल्ला
District
	Birthplace of Siddhārtha Gautama, the Buddha
	Location of Rupandehi
Country	Nepal
Province	Lumbini Province
Admin HQ.	Siddharthanagar
Municipality	List Urban; Butwal; Devdaha; Lumbini Sanskritik; Sainamaina; Siddharthanagar; Tilottama; Rural; Gaidahawa; Kanchan; Kotahimai; Mayadevi; Omsatiya; Rohini; Sammarimai; Siyari; Suddodhan;
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Rupandehi
• Parliamentary constituencies	5
• Provincial constituencies	10
Area
• Total	1,360 km2 (530 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	982,851
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Telephone Code	071
Main Language(s)	Nepali, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Tharu
Website	ddcrupandehi.gov.np

Rupandehi District (Nepali: रुपन्देही जिल्ला; pronounced [ɾu.pʌn.de.i; -e.ɦi] ^ⓘ), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and covers an area of 1,360 km² (530 sq mi). The district headquarter is Bhairahawa. As per the national census 2011, the population of Rupandehi was 880,196.