Official website (https://www.bharatpurmun.gov.np/)
Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Bagmati
- District
- Chitwan
- Mayor
- Chitrasen Adhikari (acting)
- Deputy mayor
- Chitrasen Adhikari ( NC )
- Chief district officer cdo
- Ganesh Aryal
- Total
- 433 km (167 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 208 m (682 ft)
- Rank
- 3rd (Nepal), 2nd ( Bagmati Province )
- Density
- 853/km (2,210/sq mi)
- Metro rank
- 3rd
- Ethnicities
- Bahun Chhetri Newars Tharus Magars Gurungs
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NST )
- Postal code
- 44200, 44207
- Area code
- 056
- Climate
- Cwa
- Airport
- Bharatpur Airport
- Stadium
- Gautam Buddha Int'l Stadium
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Chitwan District
- Population
- 369377
- Area
- 433
- Elevation
- 208
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45
- Capital of
- Chitwan District
- Official website
- www.bharatpurmun.gov.np
- Image
- Narayanghat.JPG
- Dialing code
- 056
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Encyclopedic overview
Bharatpur (/ˈbʌrətpʊr/, Nepali: भरतपुर, pronounced [ˈbʱʌɾʌt̪pur] ) is a metropolitan city in south central Nepal. It is the third most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara with 369,268 inhabitants in 2021. It is also the second largest metropolitan city in Nepal by area. It is the district headquarter of the Chitwan District.
Bharatpur is one of the fastest-growing cities in Nepal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Narayani River and serves as a commercial center of the Chitwan district and the central region of Nepal. Most of the shopping area lies in the area of Narayangadh, while government offices, hospitals and colleges are situated in other parts of the city, including Nepal's premier cancer hospital, B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bharatpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.