Gaushala, Mahottari

Gaushala (Nepali: गौशाला ) is a municipality in Mahottari District in Province No. 2 of Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging existing Nigauli, Ramnagar, Gaushala VDCs.[2] It occupies an area of 144.73 sq. km with a total population of 66,673.[3][4][1]

Guashala गौशाला
Municipality
Guashala Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26.92°N 85.81°E
Country	Nepal
Development Region	Central
Zone	Janakpur
District	Mahottari District
Province	Province No. 2
Government
• Mayor	Shivanath Mahato
• Deputy Mayor	Aasha Lama
Area
• Total	144.73 km^2 (55.88 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	66,671
• Density	460/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Religions	Hindu Muslim Christian
Languages
• Local	Maithili, Tharu, Nepali
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal Code	45700
Area code(s)	044
Website	http://www.gaushalamun.gov.np/

Gaushala Bazar is the second largest business center in the Mahottari district of Nepal. The animal market of the place is well known. Gaushala is a variation of Goshala, a Sanskrit word that means the house of Cow. There is a huge cattle pen named Gaushala containing more than 100 cows. It is protected by the government of Nepal. Ram Lakhan Chaudhary was Ex-VDC chief of Gaushala Bazar.

Everest Chemical, one of the oldest sugarcane mills in Nepal is located in this municipality. A high school, Tribhuvan Higher Secondary School, was established in 2006.

References

1. Nepal, Government of Nepal (November 2012). ""National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality)" (PDF). National Planning Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
2. "Govt announces 72 new municipalities". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
3. "स्थानिय तह". 103.69.124.141. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
4. "Population Ward Level 753 Local Unit" (PDF). CBS. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.