Tilottama, Rupandehi

Tilottama Municipality
तिलोत्तमा नगरपालिका
Tilottama Municipality is located in Nepal
Tilottama Municipality
Tilottama Municipality
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°37′48″N 83°27′36″E / 27.63000°N 83.46000°E / 27.63000; 83.46000
CountryNepal
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictRupandehi
Government
 • MayorRam Krishna Khand (NC)
 • Deputy MayorJageshwar Devi Chaudhary (NCP)
Area
 • Total126.2 km2 (48.7 sq mi)
Population
 • Total149,657[1]
 • Density1,186/km2 (3,070/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Bahun Chhetri Magar Newar Tharu Kami
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
A.O.P. (Area Postal Code)
32903
Websitehttp://www.tilottamamun.gov.np/en

Tilottama Municipality is a municipality in Lumbini Province in western Nepal. Tilottama has a city population of 149,657 as per 2021 AD Nepal census. It is one of the tri-cities of rapidly growing Butwal-Tilottama-Bhairahawa urban agglomeration primarily based on the Siddhartha Highway in West Nepal with a total urban agglomerated population of 421,018.[1] It was formed on May 8, 2014; when the Government of Nepal announced additional 72 municipalities, including previously proposed 37 municipalities in line with the Local Self-governance Act, 1999. On July 25, 2014; demarcation of the municipality was done along with the assignment of new wards.[2] The original demarcation included six existing VDCs viz. Shankarnagar VDC, Aanandaban VDC, Karahiya VDC, Makrahar VDC, Tikuligadh VDC & Madhabaliya VDC. Gangoliya VDC was later merged in the municipality on 17 September 2015.[3]

At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 6894 people living in 1193 individual households.[4] As of the 2021 Nepal census, the total city population was 149,657.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). cbs.gov.np. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "New municipalities come into effect (List of included VDCs and new ward areas)". myrepublica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  3. ^ "Govt adds 26 municipalities, 1 sub metropolis (with LIST IN NEPALI)". setopati.
  4. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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