# Gaindakot Municipality

_Municipality in Nawalpur District, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Gaindakot is a municipality in Nawalpur District in the Gandaki Zone of southern Nepal. It became a municipality in May 2014 by merging the existing Mukundapur, Amarapuri, and Gaindakot VDCs. It was again expanded by merging Ratanpur VDC. It is situated on the shore of Narayani River near the Maula Kalika Temple. At the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 58,841 and 13,623 individual households. The population grew to 79,349 with 20,191 individual household according to 2021 Nepal census.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4382922#P31))
- **Located in:** Nawalpur District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4382922#P131))
- **Area:** 101.8 km² ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4382922#P2046))
- **Official website:** gaindakotmun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4382922#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 27.7069, 84.4139

## Questions

**Where is Gaindakot Municipality located?**  
Gaindakot Municipality is located in Nawalpur District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Gaindakot Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaindakot_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): गैँडाकोट नगरपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F_%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 Q4382922](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4382922) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Gaindakot Town.jpg by 南アジア (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaindakot_Town.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Gaindakot Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Gaindakot Town.jpg — 南アジア, CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Cite this page

"Gaindakot Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/gaindakot-municipality. Retrieved 4 November 2026.