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The city area is spread over 55.64 km2 (21.48 sq mi) and comprises 16 wards.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492039"},{"text":"border city","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902814"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463109#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Saptari District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28613","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/saptari-district"},{"text":"Madhesh Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/madhesh-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463109#P131"}},{"key":"population","label":"Population","values":[{"text":"37,738 (2011)","as_of":"2011","value":37738.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463109#P1082"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"55.64 km²","value":55.64}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463109#P2046"}},{"key":"elevation","label":"Elevation","values":[{"text":"76 m","value":76.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463109#P2044"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"1950","date":"1950"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463109#P571"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajbiraj","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C_%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/Q2463109"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Rajbiraj located?","a":"Rajbiraj is located in Saptari District, Madhesh Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the population of Rajbiraj?","a":"The population of Rajbiraj is 37,738 (as of 2011)."},{"q":"What is the elevation of Rajbiraj?","a":"Rajbiraj is at an elevation of 76 m above sea level."}],"related":[{"name":"Ramjee Yadav","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ramjee-yadav"},{"name":"Mehboob Alam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehboob-alam"},{"name":"Upama Kumari Dev","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/upama-kumari-dev"},{"name":"Manish Kumar Suman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/manish-kumar-suman"},{"name":"Saurav Chaudhary","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saurav-chaudhary"},{"name":"Netra Bikram Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/netra-bikram-shah"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Saptari District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/saptari-district","km":4.9},{"name":"Koiladi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/koiladi","km":9.0},{"name":"Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/chhinnamasta-rural-municipality","km":10.3},{"name":"Banauli","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/banauli","km":13.5},{"name":"Khadgapur","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/khadgapur","km":15.8},{"name":"Triyuga Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/triyuga-municipality","km":28.5}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Gajendra_Chauk.jpg/960px-Gajendra_Chauk.jpg","width":640,"height":480,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Subhmanish","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gajendra_Chauk.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Rajbiraj","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajbiraj","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): राजविराज नगरपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C_%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 Q2463109","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463109","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Gajendra Chauk.jpg by Subhmanish (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gajendra_Chauk.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 Rajbiraj, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Gajendra Chauk.jpg — Subhmanish, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Rajbiraj\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/rajbiraj. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-02T06:19:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-20","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/rajbiraj","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/rajbiraj","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/rajbiraj?lang=ne"}}