Gitanagar

Gitanagar गीतानगर Geetanagar
Village development committee
Gitanagar Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°37′N 84°24′E / 27.61°N 84.40°E / 27.61; 84.40Coordinates: 27°37′N 84°24′E / 27.61°N 84.40°E / 27.61; 84.40
Country	Nepal
Zone	Narayani Zone
District	Chitwan District
Population (1991)
• Total	11,173
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Gitanagar is a village development committee in Chitwan District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 11,173 people living in 2101 individual households.^[1]

The town was named after "Geeta Rani" during Rapti Land Distribution Project in early 1950s. It is also divided into 9 wards. And there are even names of wards there like Amarbasti, Parasnagar, etc.

Media

To Promote local culture Gitanagar has one FM radio station Radio Narayani - 105.2 MHZ Which is a Community radio Station.

References

1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 14 December 2008. 

Chitwan District Headquarter: Bharatpur VDCs Ayodhyapuri Bagauda Bhandara Birendra Nagar Chandi Bhanjyang Dahakhani Darechok Dibyanagar Fulbari Gardi Gitanagar Jagatpur Jutpani Kabilas Kathar Kaule Korak Lothar Madi Kalyanpur Mangalpur Meghauli Narayanpur Padampur Pancha Kanya Patihani Piple Ratnanagar Shaktikhor Sibanagar Siddi Sukranagar Municipalities Ratnanagar Municipality Bharatpur Municipality Khairhani Municipality Parbatipur Municipality

Wards of Gitanagar VDC

• Ujjwalnagar
• Prithivinagar
• Champanagar
• Devnagar
• Ammarbasti
• Kesharbag
• Gitanagar
• Indrapuri
• Parasnagar