Sukhipur Municipality | |
Native Name: | सुखीपुर नगरपालिका |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Madhesh Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Siraha District |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ram Autar Yadav |
Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Renu Devi Sah |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 20915 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | NST |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 26.71°N 86.35°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 56509 |
Area Code: | 033 |
Website: | http://www.sukhipurmun.gov.np/ |
Sukhipur[1] is a municipality in Siraha District in the Madhesh Province of south-eastern Nepal. After the government announcement the municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Mohanpur Kamalpur, Vidhyanagar, Kushaha Laksiminiya, Kabilasi, Silorba Pachhawari Balhi and Sukhipur village development committees (VDCs).[2] [3] The center of the municipality is established in Sukhipur Bazaar. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census after merging the seven VDCs population it had a total population of 20,915 persons.[4] After the government decision the number of municipalities has reached 217 in Nepal.