# Arjundhara Municipality

_Municipality in Jhapa District, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Arjundhara is a municipality in Jhapa District of Province No. 1 in Eastern Nepal. It was formed in 2014 by merging the former village development committees Arjundhara, Shanischare, and Khudunabari. Initially named Shani-Arjun, it was renamed to Arjundhara in January 2017, after Arjundhara Temple situated here. At the 2021 Nepal census, it had a population of 84,018 people living in 20,935 individual households.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30621468#P31))
- **Located in:** Jhapa District (district of Nepal) › Koshi Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30621468#P131))
- **Official website:** arjundharamun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30621468#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 26.6851, 87.9914

## Questions

**Where is Arjundhara Municipality located?**  
Arjundhara Municipality is located in Jhapa District, Koshi Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Arjundhara Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjundhara_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): अर्जुनधारा नगरपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q30621468](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30621468) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Arjun Dhara Temple Jhapa.jpg by Dinesh 2016 (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arjun_Dhara_Temple_Jhapa.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Arjundhara Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Arjun Dhara Temple Jhapa.jpg — Dinesh 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Arjundhara Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/arjundhara-municipality. Retrieved 3 November 2026.