Mechinagar

Mechinagar मेचीनगर
Municipality
Mechinagar Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°40′00″N 88°07′20″E / 26.66667°N 88.12222°E / 26.66667; 88.12222Coordinates: 26°40′00″N 88°07′20″E / 26.66667°N 88.12222°E / 26.66667; 88.12222
Country	Nepal
Zone	Mechi Zone
District	Jhapa District
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Mechinagar (Nepali: मेचीनगर) is a municipality in Jhapa District, Mechi Zone, Nepal and is the main entry point from India on Nepal's eastern border. Nepal's custom office is in Kakarvitta (Nepali: काँकडभिट्टा), a section of the municipality.

Mechinagar municipality was created by combining Dhulabari (Nepali: धुलाबारी) and Kankarbhitta and Itaa Bhatta (इटाभट्टा) Village Development Commitee.

News website: http://meromechinagar.com

Radio: Mechinagar has one FM radio station Radio Sargam - 88.8 MHz which is a community radio station.

In the 1991 census it had 37.108 inhabitants, in 2001 (census) 40.060. The estimate for 2005 is 56.173.