Sunwarshi | |
Official Name: | Sunwarshi Municipality |
Native Name: | सुनवर्षि नगरपालिका |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Koshi#Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sunwarshi in map of Koshi Province |
Coordinates: | 26.45°N 87.54°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Wards |
Subdivision Name1: | Koshi |
Subdivision Name2: | Morang |
Subdivision Name3: | 9 |
Established Title: | Households |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Government Type: | Mayor–council |
Governing Body: | Sunwarshi Municipality |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Shyam Prasad Rajbanshi (NCP) |
Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Mira Devi Das Kewrat (NCP) |
Area Total Km2: | 106.4 |
Population Total: | 50,758 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Website: | official website |
Timezone: | NST |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Sunwarshi (ne|सुनवर्षि) is an urban municipality in Morang District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. It is one out of nine urban municipalities of Morang District.
The municipality was formed in March 2017 merging some former VDCs: e.g. Amardaha, Govindapur, Baradanga and Dainiya, also taken 3 wards from Rangeli Municipality.[1]
The municipality is divided into 9 wards and total area of the municipality is 106.4 km2 and the population of the municipality is 50758, according to the census of Nepal in 2011.[2] [3] The sunawarshi Municipality name was given from oldest Sunawarshi Maharajthan.
It is surrounded by Ratuwamai in east, Rangeli and Kanepokhari in west, Pathari Sanischare in north and India in south.