Sunwarshi ( ne, सुनवर्षि) is an urban municipality in
Morang District of
Province No. 1
Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat Autonomous State, Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan Rashtriya Morcha, Nepal, Khambuwan, Mount Everest, Sagarmatha, Virata, Birat and Koshi River, Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven Provinces of Nepal, province ...
of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. It is one out of nine urban municipalities of
Morang District.
The municipality was formed in March 2017 merging some former
VDCs: e.g.
Amardaha
Amardaha is a village development committee in Morang District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statis ...
,
Govindapur,
Baradanga
Baradanga is a village development committee in Morang District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statis ...
and
Dainiya
Dainiya is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Morang District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 9551 people living in 2012 individual househo ...
, also taken 3 wards from
Rangeli Municipality.
The municipality is divided into 9 wards and total area of the municipality is 106.4 km
2 and the population of the municipality is 50758, according to the census of Nepal in 2011.
The sunawarshi Municipality name was given from oldest Sunawarshi Maharajthan.
It is surrounded by
Ratuwamai
Ratuwamai is a municipality and rural town situated in south-eastern Tarai in Morang district and Koshi Province
was an ancient province or region of Japan in what is now the Hokuriku region. The region as a whole was sometimes referred to a ...
in east,
Rangeli
Rangeli is a Municipality and rural market town in Morang District in the Koshi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. This municipality was formed merging existing four villages i.e.Amgachhi, Babiabirta, Darbesa and Rangeli itself since May 2014.
At the ...
and Kanepokhari in west, Pathari Sanischare in north and
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
in south.
References
External links
Final District Corrected Last for Rajapatrawww.sunawarshimun.gov.np
Municipalities in Koshi Province
Municipalities in Morang District
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