Pragatinagar is a town in
Devachuli Municipality in
Nawalparasi District in the
Lumbini Zone of southern
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 ...
. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging existing
Devachuli
Devchuli is a municipality in Nawalpur District in the southern part of Gandaki Province in Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 42,603 people living in 916 individual households.Bishal Adhikari is a citizen of Devch ...
,
Dibyapuri
Dibyapuri is a town in Devachuli municipality in the Nawalparasi District of the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. It was established on 18 May 2014 by merging existing Devachuli, Dibyapuri, and Pragatinagar village development committees. Div ...
, Pragatinagar
VDCs. At the time of the
2001 Nepal census The 2001 Nepal census ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनगणना २०५८) was conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.National Report 2001 -> Introduction Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics
According to the census, the po ...
it had a population of 11,771 people living in the VDC. There are 2690 households as of June 2010 in the VDC with 100 per cent school enrollment, and birth registration. It also has the lowest level of malnutrition and one of the highest level of adult literacy (86%) in Nepal.
Pragatinagar is located about 159 km west of Kathmandu. Mahabharat range can be seen on the north side along with Devchuli and Barchuli Peaks while Narayani river flows on the south side of the VDC. The area is surrounded by two khola's (
Nepali
Nepali or Nepalese may refer to :
Concerning Nepal
* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
* Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...
: खोला) named Bahulaha Khola in the east and Lokaha Khola(
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
) in the west. South side is bordered with Pithauli VDC and the Narayani River. Devchuli VDC is located in the north while east of the area is Dibyapuri and west is Shivamandir VDCs, respectively.
Now the main attraction is Daldale. Commerce is active in the area. There are 18 educational institutes and three development banks.
There are number of colonies inside Pragatinagar, including Daldale, Dhaulagiri Tol, Chhatis Ghare, Salghari, Pragatinagar, Prithivi Nagar, Dharapani, Saat Ghare, Kuna Ghat, Gaidi, Gaidi ko Thap, Mukti Kshetra, Laxmipur, and Bhagawati Tol.
References
Populated places in Nawalpur District
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