Simichaur 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 ...
in
Resunga Municipality
Resunga Municipality is a municipality in Gulmi District in Nepal. The municipality was established by the government on 18 May 2014 by merging the four existing village development committees of Arkhale, Lumbini, Arkhale, Dubichaur, Simichaur and ...
in
Gulmi District
Gulmi District ( ne, गुल्मी जिल्ला), 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, 2 ...
in the
Lumbini Zone
Lumbini ( ne, लुम्बिनी अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. It is home to the Lumbini site, the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the historical Budd ...
of central
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 ...
. 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.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Gulmi District
Populated places in Gulmi District
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