Gauriganj | |
Official Name: | Gauriganj Gaunpalika |
Native Name: | Nepali: गौरिगञ्ज |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Province1#Nepal |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Biratnagar in Province No. 1 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Province No. 1 |
Subdivision Name2: | Jhapa |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Government Type: | Local Government |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Fulwati Rajbanshi (NC)[1] |
Leader Title1: | Vice-Chairperson |
Leader Name1: | Pujan Neupane (CON-UML) |
Area Total Km2: | 101.35 |
Elevation M: | 80 |
Population Total: | 36145 |
Population As Of: | 2021[2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 57200 |
Website: | https://gaurigunjmun.gov.np/ |
Demographics1 Info1: | Nepali |
Demographics1 Title2: | Local |
Demographics1 Info2: | Rajbanshi, surjapuri, Hindi |
Timezone: | NST |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Parts Type: | Wards |
Parts: | 6 |
Established Title1: | Upgraded to sub-metropolitan city |
Gauriganj (ne|गौरिगञ्ज) is a village and village development committee in the southwest corner of Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of southeastern Nepal.[3] It is in a flat agricultural district in the extreme southeast of Nepal, between Kadamgachhi, Hukkagachhi and Bhavanipur, only about 3 km from the border with Bihar, India.