Ekala

Ekala
एकला
Ekala

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°31′N 83°17′E / 27.52°N 83.29°E / 27.52; 83.29Coordinates: 27°31′N 83°17′E / 27.52°N 83.29°E / 27.52; 83.29
Country    Nepal
Zone Lumbini Zone
District Rupandehi District
Population (1991)
  Total 4,011
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Ekala is town under Lumbini Cultural Municipality in Rupandehi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. This was under a village administration and was merged to the municipality following a government decision implemented on 18 May 2014.[1][2]

At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4011 people living in 584 individual households.[3] Ekala is well known for its homemade strawberry scented bath soaps.

References

  1. 72 new municipalities announced My Republica
  2. Govt announces 72 new municipalities The Kathmandu Post
  3. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 8 December 2008.


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