Shivaraj is a
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Kapilvastu District
Kapilvastu district ( ne, कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला ), often Kapilbastu, is one of the districts of Lumbini Province, Nepal. The district, with Kapilbastu municipality as its district headquarters, covers an area of and in ...
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 former
village development committee was transformed into Municipality from 18 May 2014 by merging the existing
Birpur,
Chanai,
Bishunpur,
Jawabhari and
Shivapur village development committees. 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 7241 people living in 1067 individual households.
To promote local culture Shivapur has one FM radio stations Radio Voice – 104.5 MHz, which is a
Community radio
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Station. For the better help another frequency modulation radio has been running with a name, Shivraj FM. It has been giving information about local activities, news and program. Chandrauta is one of the reputed cities located in Shivraj municipality.
References
It lies at the western part of the Nepal and it is crossed over by the east west highway. It lies in 5 no. State at lumbini zone .
Shivaraj municipality, buddhabhumi municipality and the districts and municipality including taulihawa are densely populated.
Populated places in Kapilvastu District
Municipalities in Lumbini Province
Nepal municipalities established in 2014
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