# Gaunsahar

_City in Gandaki Zone, Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/gaunsahar
Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Gaunshahar is a town and market place at Besishahar Municipality in Lamjung District in Gandaki Province of northern-central Nepal. The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur & Chandisthan on May 15, 2014. The temple of Lamjung Kalika & Lamjung Durbar are located here. This place is on the way to Annapurna Conservation Area. The Dumre-Besishahar-Chame highway also goes from this place. Here are different casts and religions.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** ward of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5527704#P31))
- **Located in:** Lamjung District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5527704#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 28.2000, 84.3833

## Questions

**Where is Gaunsahar located?**  
Gaunsahar is located in Lamjung District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Gaunsahar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaunsahar) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): गाउँशहर](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q5527704](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5527704) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: लमजुङ दरबारको पेन्टिङ.jpg by Bijaya.Ad (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%99_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Gaunsahar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: लमजुङ दरबारको पेन्टिङ.jpg — Bijaya.Ad, CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Cite this page

"Gaunsahar". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/gaunsahar. Retrieved 3 November 2026.