Katari is a Municipality in Udayapur District in the Koshi province of south-eastern Nepal. It lies by the Tawa river (formed by unification of original Tawa river and Baidhyanath river) having the bridge of length 123.5m. This was established by merging two existing village development committees i.e. Triveni and Katari on 18 May 2014.[1][2] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7230 people living in 1410 individual households.[3] Thirty years later, Katari had undergone rapid growth, achieving a population of 56,146 people by the 2011 census.
Katari Municipality
कटारी नगरपालिका | |
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  Katari Municipality Location in Koshi Province  Katari Municipality Katari Municipality (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26°57′N 86°22′E / 26.95°N 86.37°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Koshi |
| District | Udayapur |
| No. of wards | 14 |
| Established | 2014 |
| Incorporated (VDC) | Tribeni, Katari, Risku, Lekhani, Hardeni, Limpatar, Sorungchabise, Sirise |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Body | Katari Municipality |
| • Mayor | Mr. Rajesh Chandra Shrestha (NC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Mrs. Geeta Khadka (NCP) |
| • MP & Constituency | Udayapur 2 Ambar Bahadur Rayamajhi (UML) |
| • MLA & Constituency | Udayapur 2(B) Ram Kumar Khatri (NCP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 424.89 km2 (164.05 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3rd in Province |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 56,146 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:45 (NPT) |
| Website | kataarimun |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 72 new municipalities announced Archived 2014-06-18 at the Wayback Machine My Republica
- ^ Govt announces 72 new municipalities Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine The Kathmandu Post
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
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