Birpur | |
Other Name: | Motinagar |
Native Name: | बीरपुर |
Nickname: | Chanauta |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Lumbini Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kapilvastu District |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 15255 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 27.63°N 82.86°W |
Birpur is a town in Shivaraj Municipality in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. The former village development committee was transformed into Municipality from 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Birpur, Nepal, Chanai, Bishunpur, Jawabhari and Shivapur village development committees.[1] [2] At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 15255 people living in 1209 individual households.[3]
To Promote local culture Birpur has one FM radio station Radio Samanata - 105.4 MHz Which is a Community radio Station.