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Sainamaina
Sainamaina Municipality is one of the new 72 municipalities formed in Nepal. It is located in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal which is known for its historical and cultural significance, especially as the birthplace of Lord Buddha. The municipality was established by merging three existing Village development committees (Nepal), VDCs i.e. Dudharakchhe, Saljhandi and Parroha. At the time of the 2021 Nepal census it had a population of 72,648 people. Background Sainamaina Municipality is located on the northern border of the Rupandehi district between the 16 local bodies under the ancient Kapilbastu state, which represented the historical heritage in ancient times. After the formal declaration of Nepal as a federal republic country on 28 May 2008 (Jestha 15 2065 BS), Sainamaina was restructured as one of the 72 municipalities on 20 Baisakh, 2071, having a total area of 162.18 square km. To the east of this municipality is Butwal Sub-metropolitan City, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupandehi District
Rupandehi District (; ), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and covers an area of . The district headquarter is Bhairahawa. As per the national census 2011, the population of Rupandehi was 880,196. Etymology Rupandehi is named after Rupandevi temple which is situated in garden of Lumbini, where, the queen of King Suddhodana visited and give birth to Siddhartha Gautama Buddha. History Lumbini, birthplace of Buddha, lies in Rupandehi district. Devdaha, the birthplace of Mayadevi (mother of Buddha), also lies in Rupandehi district. Demographics At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Rupandehi District had a population of 880,196 (432,193 male, 448,003 female) in 163,916 households. Ethnicity/caste: 15.9% were Hill Brahmin, 10.7% Magar, 9.7% Tharu, 8.3% Musalman, 7.4% Yadav, 6.8% Chhetri, 3.7% Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 3.1% Kami, 2.9% Lodh, 2.5% Kewat, 2.3% Kahar, 2.1% Newar, 2.0% Dhobi, 2.0% Gurung, 2.0% Kurmi, 2.0% Mallaha, 1.6% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butwal
Butwal (), officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City (), previously known as Khasyauli (Nepali: खस्यौली), is a sub-metropolitan city and economic hub in Lumbini Province in West Nepal. Butwal has a city population of 195,054 as per the 2021 AD Nepal census. The city is one of the tetra-cities of rapidly growing Butwal-Tilottama, Rupandehi, Tilottama-Bhairahawa-Devdaha urban agglomeration primarily based on the Siddhartha Highway in West Nepal with a total urban agglomerated population of 4,74,541. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in Nepal for health, education, construction, communication, trade, and banking sectors. It has highway connections to the Indian border at Sunauli and to the hilly towns in Tansen, Nepal, Tansen and Pokhara valley, and holds the title of being "The Best City in Nepal" five times in a row. Geographically, Butwal is at the Intersection (road), intersection of Nepal's two different National Highways, Mahendra Highway and Siddhartha High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumbini Province
Lumbini Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province in western Nepal. The country's Provinces of Nepal, third largest province in terms of area as well as List of Nepalese provinces by population, population, Lumbini is home to the World Heritage Site of Lumbini, where according to Buddhist tradition Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born. Lumbini borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, and Uttar Pradesh and Bihar of India to the south. Lumbini's capital, Deukhuri, is near the geographic center of the province. The major cities in the province are Butwal and Siddharthanagar in Rupandehi District, Rupandehi district, Nepalgunj in Banke District, Banke district, Tansen, Nepal, Tansen in Palpa District, Palpa district, and Ghorahi and Tulsipur, Dang, Tulsipur in Dang District, Nepal, Dang district. Capital The Provincial Assembly adopted Lumbini Province as the permanent name by replacing its initial name ''Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parroha
Parroha is a town in Sainamaina Municipality in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. The former VDC was merged to established new municipality on 18 May 2014 with the two existing VDCs i.e. Dudharakchhe and Parroha. 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 12,493 people living in 2165 individual households. References Populated places in Rupandehi District {{Rupandehi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudharakchhe
Dudharakchhe is a town in Sainamaina Municipality in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. The former VDC was merged to establish the new municipality on 18 May 2014 with the two existing VDCs i.e. Dudharakchhe and Parroha. 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 10,684 people living in 1952 individual households. References Populated places in Rupandehi District {{Rupandehi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, 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 governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special district (United States), special-purpose district. The English language, English word is derived from French language, French , which in turn derives from the Latin language, Latin , based on the word for social contract (), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction (area), jurisdiction, from a sovereign state s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumbini Museum
Lumbinī (, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The Buddhist commentaries state that Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini around 624 BCE. Gautama is believed to have achieved Enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, India and became the Buddha who founded Buddhism. It is claimed that he died and passed into parinirvana at the age of 80 years, in c.544 BCE. Lumbini is one of the four most sacred pilgrimage sites pivotal in the life of the Buddha. Lumbini has several old temples, including the Mayadevi Temple, as well as several new temples built by Buddhist organisations from around the world. The majority of the temples have already been completed, with some still under construction. Many monuments, monasteries, stupas, a museum, and the Lumbini International Research Institute are located near the holy site. The Puskarini, or Holy Pond, is where Mayadevi, the Buddha's mother, is said to have taken t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
