Koilabas

Koilabas (Nepali: कोइलाबास) is a bazaar town situated in Gadhawa Rural Municipality in Dang Deokhuri District in Province No. 5 of south-western Nepal. The town is situated on the southern edge of the Dudhwa Range of the Siwaliks, at Nepal's border with Uttar Pradesh 5 km from the village Jarwa on the other side. Indian and Nepalese nationals may cross the border unrestricted however there is a customs checkpoint for goods. Koilabas has regular bus service to Tulsipur on the Gorakhpur-Gonda Loop of Indian Railways.

Koilābās

Nepali: कोइलाबास
Village Development Committee
Koilābās
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°41′50″N 82°31′34″E
Country   Nepal
ProvinceProvince No. 5
DistrictDang Deokhuri District
Population
 (2001[1])
 • Total1,561
 322 households
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

From Koilabas, goods are transshipped over the Dudhwas to Dang and Deukhuri Valleys, then on into hill districts Pyuthan, Rolpa and Salyan. Before Nepal's east-west Mahendra Highway was built in the 1990s, Koilabas was also a transit hub. It was often easier if less direct to use Indian trains to travel east or west to reach other parts of Nepal than to traverse a seemingly endless series of north-south mountain valleys on foot.

Hindi or Awadhi are spoken natively by most inhabitants, with Nepali and Tharu widely understood.

References
  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
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