Wangla is a Market Center in
Sandhikharka Municipality of
Arghakhanchi District
Arghakhanchi ( ) is one of the districts of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The district headquarter is Sandhikharka. The district covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 197,632. Its neighboring districts are Palpa in the east, Gulmi in ...
in the
Lumbini Zone
Lumbini () was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. Within the zone is the city of Lumbini, widely believed to be the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism and renowned as a major ...
of southern
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. The former
village development committee (VDC) was converted into a municipality on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing
Sandhikharka, Wangla,
Narapani,
Khanchikot,
Keemadada,
Argha
Argha is a Market Center in Sandhikharka, Sandhikharka Municipality of Arghakhanchi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. Its fort (''kot'') was the centre of a former Chaubisi rajya, Chaubisi kingdom, the Kingdom of Argha, which was ann ...
and
Dibharna VDCs.
At 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 ...
, the town had a population of 5,142 living in 1,033 houses.
At the
2001 Nepal census The 2001 Nepal census () was conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.National Report 2001 -> Introduction Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics
According to the census, the population of Nepal in 2001 was 23,151,423.
Working with Nepal's ...
, the population was 5,380, of which 66% was literate.
References
Populated places in Arghakhanchi District
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