Shambhunath

For other uses, see Shambhunath (disambiguation).

Shambhunath Municipality is a Town in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Merging the existing Khoksar Parbaha, Shambhunath, Mohanpur, Bhangha, Basbalpur and Rampur Jamuwa village development committee this new municipality was formed on 18 May 2014.^[1][2] Kathauna Bazar is now finally head office of this new municipality . At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5168 people living in 933 individual households.^[3]

Shambhunath शंभूनाथ नगरपालिका
Municipality
Buddha Chok at Kathauna Bazar
Shambhunath Location in Madhesh Province Show map of Madhesh Province Shambhunath Shambhunath (Nepal) Show map of Nepal
Coordinates: 26.63°N 86.67°E / 26.63; 86.67
Country	Nepal
Zone	Sagarmatha
District	Saptari
Government
• Mayor	Jitendra Prasad Gupta Kalwar (CPN (US))
• Deputy Mayor	Anita Kumari Chaudhary (CPN (US))
Area
• Total	108.71 km2 (41.97 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	38,018
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Website	www.shambhunathmun.gov.np

See also

• Shambhunath Temple

References

1. "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
2. "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
3. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.