Simraungadh (Municipality)
Simraungadh | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Coordinates: (26.8893386, 85.1168150)26°53′22″N 85°7′1″E / 26.88944°N 85.11694°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Madhesh Province |
| District | Bara District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kishori Sah Kalwar (Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Najmu Sehar (Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal) |
| Area | |
• Total | 42.65 km2 (16.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 49,939 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Website | www.simraungadhmun.gov.np |
Simraungadh, Simraongarh or Simroungarh (/ˈsiːmraʊnɡɜːr/, Devanagari: सिम्रौनगढ) is a municipality situated in Bara district of Nepal.
The municipality was created in 2014 by agglomerating the Village Development Committees of Amritganj, Golaganj, Hariharpur & Uchidih and later on expanded the municipality areas to include Bhagwanpur, Kachorwa, Dewapur-Teta, and Bishnupur,BadkaItwal]].
The municipality is also contains parts of an archaeological site which is split between Indian and Nepal and which finds mention in the travel accounts of a Tibetan monk and pilgrim, Dharmasvamin (1236) when he was on his way back to Nepal And Tibet, an Italian Missionary traveler, Cassiano Beligatti (1740), Colonel James Kirkpatrick (1801) on his mission to Nepal and later used in 1835 by British ethnologist Brian Houghton Hodgson.
The city is located along the border between India and Nepal. It lies 90 km (56 mi) south of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and 28 km (17 mi) east of Birgunj metro city. Bhojpuri is the local language of Simraungadh.