Nijgadh (, officially Nijgadh Municipality), is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

, located in

Bara District Bara District ( ne, बारा जिल्ला ) 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% sh ...

of the

Madhesh Province Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's most populous province, and smallest province by area. It borders Province No. ...

(previously

Narayani Zone Narayani ( ne, नारायणी अञ्चल) 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 i ...

of Central Development Region). 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,

Kalaiya Kalaiya is a sub-metropolitan city and serves as the headquarters of Bara District in Madhesh Province, Nepal. At the time of the 2021 Nepal census The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the Central Bu ...

. The

Mahendra highway Mahendra Highway (), also called East-West Highway () runs across the Terai geographical region of Nepal, from Mechinagar in the east to Bhim Datta in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is the longest highway in Nepal ...

passes through the municipality. The nearest domestic airport,

Simara Airport Simara Airport ( ne, सिमरा विमानस्थल) is a domestic airport located in Jitpur Simara serving Bara District, a district in Madhesh Province in Nepal. It also serves Birgunj, Nepal's fifth biggest city. History T ...

, is away from the town.

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,

Bakaiya Rural Municipality Bakaiya is a Rural municipality located within the Makwanpur District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans of area, with a total population of 39,620 according to a 2011 Nepal census. On March 10, 2017, the Government of Ne ...

Makwanpur district Makwanpur District( ne, मकवानपुर जिल्ला; , a part of Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Hetauda as its district headquarter, as well ...

in the north and Gujara municipality of

Rautahat district Rautahat District ( ne, रौतहट जिल्ला), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district headquarter is Gaur, including municipalities like Garuda, Chandrapur, Paroha, covers an area ...

in the east. The

Mahendra Highway Mahendra Highway (), also called East-West Highway () runs across the Terai geographical region of Nepal, from Mechinagar in the east to Bhim Datta in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is the longest highway in Nepal ...

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

Demographics

According to 2021 Nepal Census, Nijgadh has a population of 36,591 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 2022 Nepalese local elections, 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 Purushottam Paudel, a member of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), assumed the post of the Minister of Youth and Sports of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government. He is also a member of the 2nd Nepalese ...

, politician * Ram Krishna Dhakal, musician
Niranjan Lamichhane
, Engineer

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