Garuda Municipality

Garuda Municipality
गरुडा नगर पालिका
Municipality
Nickname(s): Garuda
Garuda Municipality

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 26°57′N 85°19′E / 26.95°N 85.32°E / 26.95; 85.32Coordinates: 26°57′N 85°19′E / 26.95°N 85.32°E / 26.95; 85.32
Country    Nepal
Zone Narayani Zone
District Rautahat District
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal code 44510
Area code(s) 055

Garuda is a Municipality in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It is a newly created municipality by merging 7 former Village development committees namely Garuda Bairiya, Malahi, Basbiti Jingadiya, Gedahiguthi, Jayanagar, Mahamadpur and Pothiyahi.[1]

One of the biggest sugar mill of Nepal, "Shree Ram Sugar Mills", is situated here.

Hospital

Education


There are some other schools here which offers education up to 10th class and they have English medium of teaching.

Transport

It is the mid of Gaur-Chandranigahpur Highway which starts from Gaur and joins to East-West Highway in Chandrapur connecting this place to all major cities of Nepal.

It is 22 km north of Gaur and 20 km south of Chandrapur.

The transport facility is reliable. All the buses starting from Gaur and heading towards capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, and other major cities like Birgunj, Janakpurdham, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Nepalgunj, Bharatpur, etc. stop here as a next hub of passengers.

The nearest domestic airport, Simara Airport, is in Simra while nearest International airport, Nijgadh International Airport, is under construction in Nijgadh. Currently passengers use Tribhuvan International Airport located in capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, for International flight.

one can reach to all major cities of India using Indian Railways available at Bairgania via Gaur.

Communication Networks

Nepal Telecom and Ncell have good network coverage. Ncell has a 3G network since a long time here but now Nepal Telecom also has a 3G network. Other cellular network available are UTL Nepal , Smart Cell .

Economy

This place gained its fortune after the Gaur-Chandranigahpur Highway was constructed. After the highway construction, developments and infrastructures followed around these areas. In 1994 A.D. Shree Ram Sugar Mill was erected in Garuda. With the establishment of the sugar industry, farmers had opportunity to open business with the factory. They increased their sugarcane farming and sold it to the factory in their backyard. The factory provided jobs and opened sources of business in this place.

Today the place is the fastest growing market of Rautahat district with every business one can name. It is the center of business in the area with few banks, five-six petrol pumps, hundreds of Grocery stores, handful of Shopping centers, small granary and Eating-oil mills, shoes factory, several restaurants, clinics and Area police station (Ilaka prahari karyalaya).

Approximately 50% of the people are involved directly in farming and the other 50% in Business or other traditional works.[2]

Entertainment

Nandini Chalchitra Bhawan is the cinema hall available in this place.

Media

To promote local culture Garuda has one FM radio station, Radio Madhesh Jana awaj - 98.6 MHZ, which is a community radio station.

References

  1. ↑ "61 new Municipalities". Newly created Municipality. Government of Nepal. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
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