Gitanagar

Gitanagar is a village development committee in Chitwan District in Bagmati Pradesh of southern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 13,929 people (6,553 male; 7,376 female) living in 3,375 individual households.[1]

Gitanagar

गीतानगर

Geetanagar
Village development committee
Gitanagar
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27.61°N 84.40°E / 27.61; 84.40
Country   Nepal
ProvinceBagmati Pradesh
DistrictChitwan District
Population
 (2011)
 • Total13,929
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

The town was named after "Geeta Rani" during the Rapti Land Distribution Project which occurred in the early 1950s. Gitanagar is divided into nine wards. Wards in Gitanagar include Amarbasti, Parasnagar, Geetangar, Champanagar, Devnagar, Uzzolnagar, Prithibinagar, Kesharbhag and Indrapuri.

Media

To promote local culture, Gitanagar has one FM radio station, Radio Narayani – 105.2 MHz, which is a community radio station.

gollark: Yes, we should be using fission and such, but silly people don't like it.
gollark: Oh yes, it has lots of hydrocarbons, doesn't it.
gollark: Except Earth.
gollark: There are no KNOWN planets with life.
gollark: Space mirrors would apparently require unreasonably large ones in order to actually do anything.

References
  1. Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal (2012). "National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality)" (PDF). p. 55. Retrieved 16 July 2020.


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