Tilottama, Rupandehi
Municipality in Lumbini Province, Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tilottama Municipality is a municipality in Lumbini Province in western Nepal. Tilottama has a city population of 149,657 as per 2021 AD Nepal census. It is one of the tri-cities of rapidly growing Butwal-Tilottama-Bhairahawa urban agglomeration primarily based on the Siddhartha Highway in West Nepal with a total urban agglomerated population of 421,018.[1] It was formed on May 8, 2014; when the Government of Nepal announced additional 72 municipalities, including previously proposed 37 municipalities in line with the Local Self-governance Act, 1999. On July 25, 2014; demarcation of the municipality was done along with the assignment of new wards.[2] The original demarcation included six existing VDCs viz. Shankarnagar VDC, Aanandaban VDC, Karahiya VDC, Makrahar VDC, Tikuligadh VDC & Madhabaliya VDC. Gangoliya VDC was later merged in the municipality on 17 September 2015.[3]
Tilottama Municipality
तिलोत्तमा नगरपालिका | |
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Coordinates: 27°37′48″N 83°27′36″E | |
Country | Nepal |
Province | Lumbini Province |
District | Rupandehi |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ram Krishna Khand (NC) |
• Deputy Mayor | Jageshwar Devi Chaudhary (NCP) |
Area | |
• Total | 126.2 km2 (48.7 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 149,657[1] |
• Density | 1,186/km2 (3,070/sq mi) |
• Ethnicities | Bahun Chhetri Magar Newar Tharu Kami |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
A.O.P. (Area Postal Code) | 32903 |
Website | http://www.tilottamamun.gov.np/en |
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 6894 people living in 1193 individual households.[4] As of the 2021 Nepal census, the total city population was 149,657.[1]