Gitanagar Explained

Gitanagar
Other Name:Geetanagar
Native Name:गीतानगर
Settlement Type:Village development committee
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Pushpin Map:Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bagmati Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Chitwan District
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:13,929
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:27.61°N 84.4°W

Gitanagar was a former village development committee in Chitwan District in Narayani zone of Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 13,929 people (6,553 male; 7,376 female) living in 3,375 individual households.[1]

The town was named after "Geeta Rani" during the Rapti Land Distribution Project which occurred in the early 1950s. Gitanagar was divided into nine wards. Wards in Gitanagar include Uzzolnagar,Prithibinagar,Champanagar, Devnagar, Amarbasti, Kesharbhag, Geetangar, Parasnagar, and Indrapuri. Currently Gitanagar lies inside Bharatpur Metropolitan city ward number 6.

References

  1. Web site: Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal . National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality) . 16 July 2020 . 55 . 2012.