Amargadhi | |
Native Name: | अमरगढी |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sudurpashchim |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dadeldhura |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Dilli Prasad Joshi |
Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Parbati Jhukal |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | January 24, 1997 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 21,245 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 29.3°N 80.5797°W |
Elevation M: | 1848 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 10300 |
Area Code: | 096 |
Website: | http://amargadhimun.gov.np/ |
Amargadhi is a municipality and the district headquarter of Dadeldhura District in Sudurpashchim Province of western Nepal. It was named after Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa, who fought in the Gurkha War between 1814 and 1816 At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 21,245 people living in 4,778 individual households.[1]
Mahakali Highway links Amargadhi to the Terai region of Nepal as well as Api Municipality in the Lesser Himalayas. Seti Highway branches off Mahakali Highway at Amargadhi towards Dipayal Silgadhi.[2]
To Promote local culture Amargadhi has three community radio stations, Radio Amargadhi 97.4 MHz, Radio Sudur Awaz 95 MHz, and Radio Aafno 104.8 MHz.