Nijgadh (, officially Nijgadh Municipality), is a

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and

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, located in

Bara District Bara District ( ) is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, located in the western part of the Madhesh Province. The district is third richest district in Nepal after Kathmandu and Morang with 3.3% share of total GDP of Nepal and highest ...

of the

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(previously

Narayani Zone Narayani () was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones to Provinces, located in the central south of the country. The headquarter of Narayani zone was Hetauda. Narayani Zone is named after the Narayani River which i ...

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). The total area of the municipality is 289.4 sq. km. The municipality was formed on 8 May 2014 (25 Baisakh 2071 BS) by merging Nijgadh VDC with Ratnapuri VDC and Bharatganj Singaul VDC. According to the preliminary report of 2021 Nepalese census, the population of the municipality is 36,591, the fifth highest in the district. It is located south of the capital,

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, and north of the district headquarter,

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. The

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passes through the municipality. The nearest domestic airport,

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, is away from the town. Nijgadh_mun_Chure

Geography

Nijgadh is located in the northern part of Bara district. It is surrounded by Jitpursimara Sub-Metropolitan in the west, Kolhabi municipality in the south,

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in the north and Gujara municipality of

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in the east. The

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runs through the town. There municipality is divided into 13 wards.

Demographics

According to 2021 Nepal Census, Nijgadh has a population of 100,591 persons (18,006 males and 18,585 females) living in 7,931 individual households. At the time of the 2011 Nepal Census, the town had a population of 19,617 persons (9,528 male and 10,089 female) living in 3,982 individual households.

Administration

In the 2017 Nepalese local election, Suresh Khanal of

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and Lila Devi Lamichhane of

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were elected as the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the municipality respectively. They were replaced by Surath Puri and Som Maya Theeng of

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in the

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, who serve currently in the posts.

Proposed international airport

The town has been selected as a site for an international airport that could handle 15 million passengers and even accommodate the super-jumbo Airbus A380 after the first phase of construction. As of April 2011, a feasibility study of the report was completed. The report stated that the airport would cover 3,000 hectares of land: 2,000 hectares for airport and the remaining 1,000 for the airport city.

Education

There are one multi faculty governmental university campus (Gauri Shankar Campus), seven community schools, 20 basic education schools and 12 private schools in the town.

Notable people

* Purusottam Poudel, who is a politician

References

External links

About Nijgadh
*
UN map of the municipalities of Bara Districtनिजगढको परिचय (Short Description About Nijgadh) - Nijgadh News
* {{Bara District Populated places in Bara District Municipalities in Madhesh Province Nepal municipalities established in 2014