Ekala

Ekala
एकला
Ekala

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°31′N 83°17′E / 27.52°N 83.29°E / 27.52; 83.29Coordinates: 27°31′N 83°17′E / 27.52°N 83.29°E / 27.52; 83.29
Country    Nepal
Zone Lumbini Zone
District Rupandehi District
Population (1991)
 • Total 4,011
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Ekala is town under Lumbini Cultural Municipality in Rupandehi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. This was under a village administration and was merged to the municipality following a government decision implemented on 18 May 2014.[1][2]

At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4011 people living in 584 individual households.[3] Ekala is well known for its homemade strawberry scented bath soaps.

References

  1. ↑ 72 new municipalities announced My Republica
  2. ↑ Govt announces 72 new municipalities The Kathmandu Post
  3. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 8 December 2008.


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