Gaindakot Municipality
Gaindakot (Nepali: गैँडाकोट, pronounced [ˈɡʌ̃ĩ̯ɽakoʈ]; sometimes spelled Gaidakot) is a municipality in Nawalpur District in the Gandaki Zone of southern Nepal. It became a municipality in May 2014 by merging the existing Mukundapur, Amarapuri, and Gaindakot VDCs. It was again expanded by merging Ratanpur VDC. It is situated on the shore of Narayani River near the Maula Kalika Temple. At the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 58,841 and 13,623 individual households. The population grew to 79,349 with 20,191 individual household according to 2021 Nepal census.
Broadcasting
Gaindakot has one FM radio station Vijaya FM at 101.6 MHz which is a community radio station. MTV Mukundasen TV, the first channel of Gaindakot, is broadcast from there.
Vijay FM
Vijaya Community Information & Communication Cooperative Ltd. (VICCOL) was established in 2000 in Gaindakot, Nawalparasi. It established Vijaya FM which first aired on 21 August 2004.
Mukundasen TV
Popularly known as MTV, it is licensed for cable transmission. Launched in 1st Bhadra in 2007, MTV is part of Mukundasen Media Pvt. Ltd., which also comprises online Radio Mukundasen and online e-paper of MTV e-magazine.
Industry
The large Bhrikuti Paper and Pulp factory shut down in 2011 for financial reasons.
References
- ^ "Population statistics of Nepal in the year 2011 A.D" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2013.
- ^ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "population | national_population and housing_census_year results". censusnepal.cbs.gov.np. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Vijaya fm".
- ^ "Nepal's largest paper mill Bhrikuti Paper and Pulp to shut down permanently [From the web]". Fastmarkets RISI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "यसरी ढल्यो चीनले बनाइदिएको भृकुटी कागज कारखाना".
External links
- Official Homepage of Gaindakot Municipality (Under Construction as of Sept, 2015)
- Innovative Gaindakot (English/Japanese)
- Gaindakot Online
- Official Site of Maula Kalika Temple in Nepali Language
- Gaindakot based NPO – SAHAMATI
- Gaindakot News Portal
- Gaindakot on Twitter
- Gaindakot, Nepal on Facebook
- Gaindakot Dot pCom on Facebook
