Tilottama Municipality

Tilottama Municipality
तिलोत्तमा नगरपालिका
Formerly known as Aanandaban
Municipality
Tilottama Municipality

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°37′48″N 83°27′36″E / 27.63000°N 83.46000°ECoordinates: 27°37′48″N 83°27′36″E / 27.63000°N 83.46000°E
Country    Nepal
Zone Lumbini Zone
District Rupandehi District
Population (1991)
  Total 6,894
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
A.O.P.(Area Postal Code) 32903

Tilottama Municipality is a town in Rupandehi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. The municipality was established merging the existing Shankar Nagar, Aanandaban, Karaiya, Makrahar, Tikuligadh and Madhabaliya Village Development Committees in 18 May 2014.[1][2]

At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6894 people living in 1193 individual households.[3]

Media

To promote local culture, Aanandaban has one FM radio station, Radio Lumbini at 96.8 MHz, which is a community radio station.

References

  1. "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 6 December 2008.