Tulsipur is a

Sub-Metropolitan City Cities and towns in Nepal are incorporated under municipality. A municipality in Nepal is a sub-unit of a district. The Government of Nepal has set-out a minimum criteria for municipalities. These criteria include a certain population, infra ...

in Dang District of

Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

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. As per population, it is the district's second most populous city after

Ghorahi ''Ghorahi'' (Nepali: घोराही उपमहानगरपालिका) is the seventh largest city and largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. The city (formerly ''Tribhuvannagar'') lies in Lumbini Province in the Mid-Western part ...

. It was established in 1992 by merging the former Village development committees ''Tulsipur'' and Amritpur. In 2014, it was expanded and the Village development committees of Urahari, Tarigaun, Pawannagar and Halwar. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 141,528 people living in 31,243 individual households.

History

The

House of Tulsipur Tulsipur State was a small kingdom in the Awadh region of India that became the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh under the British Raj and Dundwa Range of the Siwaliks in the Dang and Deukhuri Valleys that became part of the Kingdom of Nep ...

ruled one of the largest

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s of

Oudh The Oudh State (, also Kingdom of Awadh, Kingdom of Oudh, or Awadh State) was a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856. The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of ...

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, which then included the Dang and Deukhuri Valleys. Therefore, it also counted as one of the Baise Rajya ( ne, बाइसे राज्य; 22 Principalities), a confederation in what became western Nepal. The Tharu civilization of sukaurakot (at the northern bank of Babai River) is one of the oldest human civilizations which was further extended to the eastern part of the country with the migration of the people of this community towards the east.

Transportation

Dang Airport lies in Old-Tarigaun offering flights to

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. Roads go north into

Salyan District Salyan may refer to: Places Azerbaijan *Salyan District (Azerbaijan), a district of Azerbaijan *Salyan, Azerbaijan Salyan ( az, Salyan), is a city and the capital of the Salyan District of Azerbaijan. The city of Salyan is industrialized and kn ...

and all the way to Rukum (also called Rapti-Babai Highway) giving its connectivity to Pahadi Lokmarg (Pan Nepal National highway being built up in districts in mountain, parrellal to 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 ...

of Terai), 29 km south to the

Amiliya in Deukhuri Valley and east to

and west to Purandhara all the way connecting to Chhinchu, Surkhet. It is the major transit point of southern and western dang, Salyan, Rolpa and Rukum districts and serves as the transportation hub of whole rapti zone.

Local Transportation

The major source of transportation here are buses and jeeps. Nowadays electric auto rikshaw are also running as local transportation in market and town-side area. For the transportation of goods in villages, tractors are rampantly used though trucks are used in the major highways.

Media

To promote local culture, Tulsipur has currently four FM radio stations. Out of which, Radio Tulsipur 100.2MHZ is the first community radio station. Tulsipur Radio Prakriti 93.4 MHz which is the first environment-friendly community radio station, Radio Hamro Pahuncha - 89 MHz Which is a

Community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popula ...

Station, Radio Tulsipur - 100.2 MHz which is a private radio station and Radio Sanjhibani-91.0. In addition, there are also two local TV station STV and STN channels which broadcasts local events and news. Along with these, many daily and weekly local newspapers have been publishing. There is an online news provider channel that is Tulsipur online. Some newspapers which are publishing from Tulsipur are Gorakshya daily, Rapti Aawaj daily, Tharkot weekly, etc. All the media in the city is listed below for reference. *1.Radio Tulsipur 100.2MHZ *2. Radio Hamro Pahuncha - 89 MHz *3. Radio Prakriti 93.4 MHz *4. Radio Sanjhibani-91.0 *5. STN Television Channel *6. Dang Television Channel *7. Rapti Aawaj National Daily *8. Gorakshya National Daily *9. Tharkot Weekly *10. Tulsipur Online *11
Merotulsipur
*12.www.farakpati.com *13.www.farakpana.com

Education

The, then zonal headquarter of Rapti zone hosts various Government, Public-Private and Private educational institutions. Nepal Sanskrit University, NSU (formerly Mahendra Sanskrit University) is the only

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

university and 2nd oldest University of Nepal which is well known all over Nepal and India for the quality of education it provides promoting the ancient

Vedic Astrology Jyotisha or Jyotishya (from Sanskrit ', from ' “light, heavenly body" and ''ish'' - from Isvara or God) is the traditional Hindu system of astrology, also known as Hindu astrology, Indian astrology and more recently Vedic astrology. It is one ...

Nepali literature Nepali literature ( ne, नेपाली साहित्य) refers to literature written in the Nepali language. The Nepali language has been the national language of Nepal since 1958.Himalayan Voices: An Introduction to Modern Nepali Lite ...

education in Nepal. Students from all over Nepal, from Mechi to Mahakali use to come for vedic language study. It is mainly famous for its cost-effective, which can even be touted almost free, education in Sanskrit. Its main administrative office is located in Beljhundi whereas campus is in Bijauri. Other prominent institution includes Rapti Babai Campus which provides its facilities in various educational streams up to master's degree. Central Ayurvedic College, Rapti life Care Hospital's Staff Nurse programme is also very famous in the Region. Similarly, Tulsi Boarding School, which is consistently ranked No. 1 in whole Mid-Western and Far-Western Region for its SLC results and well reputed in Nepal to have been awarded the prize of best School in the Mid-Western Region (best in 15 districts in the region). there educational Institutions in Tulsipur include

Nepal Sanskrit University Nepal Sanskrit University (formerly Mahendra Sanskrit University) was established in December 1986 and has its central office at Beljhundi in Dang district of Lumbini Province, Nepal. It is 13 km away from the city of Ghorahi. Academics The u ...

Gorkha Higher Secondary School
Hamro Pahunch Secondary School, Divine temple academy, Himal Academy, Chandrodaya Vidya Kunj boarding school, Aadarsh Academy,Rapti Vidya Mandir Secondary School, Novex College and Gyan Jyoti Education Foundation under which many school and college are running.

Healthcare

In Tulsipur, there is provincial level hospital named Rapti Provincial Hospital.

References

Citations Bibliography *

External links

UN map of the municipalities of Dang District
{{Metropolitan Municipalities of Nepal Populated places in Dang District, Nepal Nepal municipalities established in 1992 Submetropolitan municipalities of Nepal