Gaindakot (, ; sometimes spelled Gaidakot) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Nawalpur District
Nawalpur (, , ) is one of 11 districts of Gandaki Province of Nepal. The headquarters of the district is Kawasoti.
Nawalpur District and Parasi District were formerly a single district, Nawalparasi District, until a reorganization effective 20 S ...
in the
Gandaki Zone
Gandaki zone () was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, located in the Western Development Region. It was named Sapta Gandaki after the seven tributaries ( Kali Gandaki, Trishuli, Budhi Gandaki, Marsyangdi, Madi, Seti Gandaki, and Daraundi) ...
of southern
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. It became a municipality in May 2014 by merging the existing
Mukundapur,
Amarapuri, and
Gaindakot VDCs. It was again expanded by merging Ratanpur VDC. It is situated on the shore of
Narayani River
Narayani may refer to:
* Narayani, an epithet of the goddess Lakshmi or Vishnu's divine energy, Yogamaya
*
* Narayani River, or Gandaki River, in Nepal
* Narayani Temple, in Narayani village, near Khalikote, Odisha, India
* Narayani Zone
Nara ...
near the
Maula Kalika Temple
Maula Kalika (, ) is a temple to the Hindu goddess Kali in Gaindakot town of Nawalpur district in Gandaki province of Nepal. Located on the top of the ''Mauladada or Maula hill'' on the north of the Narayani River (also called the Gandaki River ...
. At the
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...
it had a population of 58,841 and 13,623 individual households. The population grew to 79,349 with 20,191 individual household according to 2021 Nepal census.
Broadcasting
Gaindakot has one FM radio station Vijaya FM at 101.6 MHz which is a
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting.
Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...
station. MTV Mukundasen TV, the first channel of Gaindakot, is broadcast from there.
Vijay FM
Vijaya Community Information & Communication Cooperative Ltd. (VICCOL) was established in 2000 in Gaindakot, Nawalparasi. It established Vijaya FM which first aired on 21 August 2004.
Mukundasen TV
Popularly known as MTV, it is licensed for cable transmission. Launched in 1st Bhadra in 2007, MTV is part of Mukundasen Media Pvt. Ltd., which also comprises online Radio Mukundasen and online e-paper of MTV e-magazine.
Industry
The large
Bhrikuti Paper and Pulp factory shut down in 2011 for financial reasons.
References
External links
Official Homepage of Gaindakot Municipality (Under Construction as of Sept, 2015)Innovative Gaindakot (English/Japanese)Gaindakot OnlineOfficial Site of Maula Kalika Temple in Nepali LanguageGaindakot based NPO – SAHAMATIGaindakot News PortalGaindakot on TwitterGaindakot, Nepal on FacebookGaindakot Dot pCom on Facebook
{{Nawalpur District
Populated places in Nawalpur District
Nepal municipalities established in 2014