Pipara Simara

Simara
पिपरा सिमरा
Simra
Pipara Simara, Gadhimai 44400, Nepal
Simara
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°10′N 84°58′E / 27.16°N 84.97°E / 27.16; 84.97
CountryNepal
ProvinceProvince No. 2
DistrictBara District
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
23,835
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Area code053-52xxxx

Simara (also Simara or Simra; Nepali: सिमरा) is a rapidly growing city in Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city in Bara District in Madhesh Province of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form a new municipality Gadhimai Municipality on 18 May 2014. Similarly, on 10 March 2017 Gadhimai Municipality, Inarwasira, Amlekhganj, as well as parts of Manharwa, Haraiya and Rampur Tokani were merged to form new Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city. Aauraha, Panitanki, Manakamana Tole, Ramban, Narbasti, Bajani,Purwa Tole, etc are the villages in Simara. Auraha and Purwa Tole lie in the east, Bajani in the south, Manakamana Tole in north and Ramban & Narbasti in the west. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 23,835 people living in 5,253 individual households. The population has increased dramatically in last decade with a boom in real estate and rising numbers of new businesses in the city, so the current population might be estimated to be as high as 40,000, according to local journals.