SHANTINAGAR (oldname: shantijhoda) was a
Village Development Committee
Village development committee may refer to:
* Village development committee (India)
* Village development committee (Nepal)
A village development committee (; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Mini ...
, until it became
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
Sunsari District
Sunsari District is one of 14 districts in Koshi province of eastern Nepal. The district is located in the eastern part of the Outer Terai and covers an area of .
According to the 2011 Nepal census, the population was 753,328. The district head ...
in the
Kosi Zone
Kosi or Koshi (, ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. The headquarters of Kosi Zone was Biratnagar which was also its largest city. Other cities of Kosi Zone were Inaruwa, Dharan, Dhankuta, J ...
of south-eastern
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 ...
. At the time of the
1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,
they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...
it had a population of 9351.
Shantinagar, it comes under ITAHARI municipality, ward no is 2. Shantinagar has some beautiful places like, budha subba temple, taal-talaiya, etc. The largest forest of Nepal, Char Koshe Jhadi, touches this place. The beautiful forest has contributed to the beauty of Shantinagar. Shera Khola flows through this place. Some of the Chowks in Shantinagar are Devithan, Namuna Tole, Bhulke Chowk, Jogi Dagar, Shiva Chowk, Katar Chowk, etc.
References
Itahari-2 SHANTINAGAR
Populated places in Sunsari District
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