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Further, while restructuring of local levels nationwide, ward no. 23 was taken out to Janaki Rural Municipality and ward no. 7 of Hirminiya VDC was added to Nepalgunj.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"city","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515"},{"text":"border city","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902814"},{"text":"sub-metropolitan municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28544871"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025462#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Banke District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28447","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/banke-district"},{"text":"Lumbini Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104014","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025462#P131"}},{"key":"population","label":"Population","values":[{"text":"72,503 (2011)","as_of":"2011","value":72503.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025462#P1082"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"85.94 km²","value":85.94}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025462#P2046"}},{"key":"elevation","label":"Elevation","values":[{"text":"150 m","value":150.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025462#P2044"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"nepalgunjmun.gov.np","url":"http://www.nepalgunjmun.gov.np"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025462#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalgunj","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%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","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025462","http://www.nepalgunjmun.gov.np"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Nepalgunj located?","a":"Nepalgunj is located in Banke District, Lumbini Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the population of Nepalgunj?","a":"The population of Nepalgunj is 72,503 (as of 2011)."},{"q":"What is the elevation of Nepalgunj?","a":"Nepalgunj is at an elevation of 150 m above sea level."}],"related":[{"name":"Mohna Ansari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohna-ansari"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Banke District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/banke-district","km":0.0},{"name":"Nepalgunj Airport","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/nepalgunj-airport","km":7.7},{"name":"Gulariya","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gulariya","km":31.6},{"name":"Banke National Park","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/banke-national-park","km":33.0},{"name":"Bardiya District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bardiya-district","km":45.1},{"name":"Bardiya National Park","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bardiya-national-park","km":48.9}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bageshwori_Temple_Nepalgunj%2C_Banke.jpg/960px-Bageshwori_Temple_Nepalgunj%2C_Banke.jpg","width":640,"height":431,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Gaurav.aryal","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bageshwori_Temple_Nepalgunj,_Banke.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Nepalgunj","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalgunj","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): नेपालगञ्ज नगरपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%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","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1025462","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025462","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Bageshwori Temple Nepalgunj, Banke.jpg by Gaurav.aryal (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bageshwori_Temple_Nepalgunj,_Banke.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Nepalgunj, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Bageshwori Temple Nepalgunj, Banke.jpg — Gaurav.aryal, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Nepalgunj\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/nepalgunj. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-02T06:19:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-20","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/nepalgunj","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/nepalgunj","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/nepalgunj?lang=ne"}}