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Gaunshahar
गाउँशहर (in Nepali)
Painting Of Lamjung Durbar
Painting Of Lamjung Durbar
Country   Nepal
ProvinceGandaki Pradesh
DistrictLamjung District
Government
 • TypeBesishahar Municipality
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,611
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal Code
33600
Area code066

Gaunshahar (Nepali: गाउँशहर) is a town and market place at Besishahar Municipality in Lamjung District in Gandaki Pradesh of northern-central Nepal.[1] The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur & Chandisthan in May 15, 2014.[2][3][4] The temple of Lamjung Kalika & Lamjung Durbar are located here. This place is in the way of Annapurna Conservation Area. The Dumre-Besishahar-Chame highway also goes from this place. Here are different casts and religions.

Population

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 6,611 (3,752 Female & 2,859 Male) people living in 1,757 individual Households.[5][6]

Media

Gaunshahar has one FM Radio station Radio Lamjung – 88.4 MHz. Radio Chautari 91.4 MHz. This is a Community Radio station. Kaule Pani Home stay is also promoting the local culture in Gaunshahar.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lamjung District". District Development Committee Lamjung. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  2. ^ "Population & Ward Division Of Besishahar Municipality". District Development Committee Lamjung. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  3. ^ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  4. ^ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  5. ^ "Nepal Census 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-31. Retrieved November 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ "Population & Ward Division Of Besishahar Municipality". District Development Committee Lamjung. Retrieved 2014-09-15.