Simichaur is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Resunga Municipality Resunga Municipality is a municipality in Gulmi District in 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 In ...

Gulmi District Gulmi District (), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 296,654 in 2001, 280,160 in 2011 and 268,597 in 2016. Intro ...

in the

Lumbini Zone Lumbini () was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. Within the zone is the city of Lumbini, widely believed to be the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism and renowned as a major ...

of central

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 4811 persons living in 942 individual households. Almost 99% of the people are Hindus. There used to be nine wards in this VDC before it was incorporated in Resunga Municipality. In 2017, Simichaur consists of 2 words of the new municipality. Simichaur is full of diversity with people belonging to many castes, ethnicity and political views. Arjun in the north is the tallest hill in Simichaur. Government is constructing the district's only airport at Thalemale, Simichaur. Simichaur has many temples such as Kalika temple, Devi Temple, Malika Temple, Arjun Temple, and Juredhunga Temples. Simichaur has two secondary schools and many primary schools. While Simichaur is adjacent to Tamghas, the headquarters of the district, many residents are leaving the village to Butwal and other surrounding areas in Tarai for better living conditions. If this trend continues, the village will lose its significant population.

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UN map of the municipalities of Gulmi District
Populated places in Gulmi District {{Gulmi-geo-stub