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It lies 90 km (56 mi) south of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and 28 km (17 mi) east of Birgunj metro city. Bhojpuri is the local language of Simraungadh."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"town","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3957"},{"text":"municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492039"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21013701#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Bara District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/bara-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/Q21013701#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"20.2 km²","value":20.2}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21013701#P2046"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"simraungadhmun.gov.np","url":"http://www.simraungadhmun.gov.np"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21013701#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simraungadh","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A2_%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/Q21013701","http://www.simraungadhmun.gov.np"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Simraungadh located?","a":"Simraungadh is located in Bara District, Madhesh Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Ram Sahaya Yadav","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-sahaya-yadav"},{"name":"Saroj Kumar Yadav","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saroj-kumar-yadav"},{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Amritganj","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/amritganj","km":0.7},{"name":"Hariharpur, Bara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/hariharpur-bara","km":1.4},{"name":"Golaganj","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/golaganj","km":1.8},{"name":"Srinagar Bairiya","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/srinagar-bairiya","km":2.0},{"name":"Uchidiha","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/uchidiha","km":2.6},{"name":"Bishnupur, Bara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bishnupur-bara","km":3.4}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Jharokhar_Pokhari_Simroungarh.jpg/3840px-Jharokhar_Pokhari_Simroungarh.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","width":640,"height":306,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Scyfie","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jharokhar_Pokhari_Simroungarh.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Simraungadh","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simraungadh","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): सिम्रौनगढ नगरपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A2_%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 Q21013701","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21013701","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jharokhar Pokhari Simroungarh.jpg by Scyfie (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jharokhar_Pokhari_Simroungarh.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 Simraungadh, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jharokhar Pokhari Simroungarh.jpg — Scyfie, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Simraungadh\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/simraungadh. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/simraungadh","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/simraungadh","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/simraungadh?lang=ne"}}