Chandrapur Municipality
Chandrapur
चन्द्रपुर Chandranigahapur (चन्द्रनिगाहपुर) | |
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Chandranigahapur | |
Chandrapur Location of Chandrapur Municipality in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°10′N 85°21′E / 27.16°N 85.35°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Madhesh |
| District | Rautahat |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mr. Sanjay Kumar Kafle(NC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Ms. Jaymala Chaudhary (NCP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 231 km2 (89 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
• Total | 13,456 |
| • Density | 58.3/km2 (151/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Tharu Tamang Bahun Chhetri Magar Danuwar Majhi Madhesi people |
| Languages | |
| • Local | Nepali, Tharu, Tamang, Bajjika |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal code | 44515 |
| Area code | 055 |
| Website | www.chandrapurmun.gov.np |
Chandrapur Municipality (Nepali: चन्द्रपुर), locally known as Chandranigahapur or Chapur, is a municipality in Rautahat District of Madhesh Province of Nepal. Chandrapur municipality lies on the west side of Bagmati River along Chure range, bordering Gujara municipality in the west, Brindawan municipality in south, Bakaiya Rural Municipality & Bagmati Rural Municipality, Makwanpur of Makwanpur District of Bagmati Province in the north and Bagmati municipality of Sarlahi district in the east. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging Chandranigahapur, Judibela, Paurai, Santpur Matioun, and Dumariya Matioun VDCs.
According to the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 72,085 people living in 13,445 individual households.