Country Nepal District Chitwan District Local time Tuesday 2:37 PM | Zone Narayani Zone Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) Population 11,173 (1991) | |
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Weather 27°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 29% Humidity | ||
Gitanagar is a village development committee in Chitwan District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 11,173 people living in 2101 individual households.
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Map of Gitanagar, Bharatpur 44200, Nepal
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.
References
Gitanagar Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA