Bhrikuti Municipality
Bhrikuti
भृकुटी नगरपालिका | |
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  Bhrikuti Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°23′N 83°22′E / 27.39°N 83.36°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| District | Kapilvastu District |
| Area | |
• Total | 149.8 km2 (57.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 26,282 |
| • Density | 175.4/km2 (454.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Area code | 076 |
Bhrikuti Municipality was a municipality in Kapilvastu District in Lumbini Province of Nepal that was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the two former Village development committees Budhi, Hariharpur, Rajpur and Barakulpur.[1][2][3] The municipality has been merged into the Buddhabhumi Municipality since 2016.[4][5] The administrative center of the municipality lied in the former Budhi VDC of Hanuman Bazaar area. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 26,282 people.[6] The municipality is named after Bhrikuti, the first wife of the earliest emperor of Tibet.
References
- ↑ "Govt declares 26 new municipalities". EKantipur. 19 September 2015.
- ↑ "26 new Municipalities announced". The Rising Nepal. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
- ↑ "Govt announces 26 municipalities" (PDF). The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
- ↑ "Five municipalities and six village council proposed". myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ↑ "स्थानिय तह". www.sthaniya.gov.np. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ↑ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-31.
