Kamalamai

Kamalamai
कमलामाई नगरपालिका
Municipality
Kamalamai

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°9′0″N 85°54′0″E / 27.15000°N 85.90000°E / 27.15000; 85.90000Coordinates: 27°9′0″N 85°54′0″E / 27.15000°N 85.90000°E / 27.15000; 85.90000
Country    Nepal
Zone Janakpur Zone
District Sindhuli District
Government
 • Type Kamalamai Municipality
Population (2011[1])
 • Total 39,413
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal code 45900
Area code(s) 047
Website www.kamalamaimun.gov.np

Kamalamai (former name: Sindhulimadi; Nepali: सिन्धुलीमाडी) is a municipality in Sindhuli District, in the Janakpur zone of central south Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 39,413 people in 9,304 households.[2] The city is located in the Sindhuli Valley of central south Nepal. The historic symbol of the valley, Sindhuli Gadhi fort, is at the peak of a hill of the Mahabharata range. The city is in the plain valley made by the Kamla River. Kamalamai Municipality is the largest municipality of Nepal according to area.

Crop Production

Rice and maize are the major productions in this area.

History

The occupation of the Kuti Pass in about 1756 stopped the valley's trade with Tibet. Finally, King Prithvi Narayan Shah entered the valley after the victory of Kirtipur. King Jaya Prakash Malla of Kathmandu sought help from the British and so the East India Company sent a contingent of soldiers under Captain Kinloch in 1767. The British force was defeated at Sindhuli by Prithvi Narayan Shah's army. It was the first time a British force was defeated in Asia. The British soldiers were completely taken aback by the geography of the place. They were equipped with modern arms and ammunition like guns and cannons but the Gorkha army was brave and they had a better understanding of the terrain. The place where the army of the British Empire was defeated has widely gained popularity. It is called "Sindhuli Gadhi" and is of great historic significance to Nepal.

Temples

Kamalamai Temple

Towns

East

  1. Madhi Bazaar
  2. Ratamata
  3. Panityanki
  4. Kailash Nagar
  5. 2 no. Bazar
  6. Gayari Bazar

West

  1. Dhakal Gaun
  2. Gayatar
  3. Milanchock

North

  1. Dhungrebaas ढुङ्रेबास

South

  1. Madhutar
  2. Dhurabazaar धुराबजार

Education

Kamalamai municipality has a good facility of education upto SLC levels. The quality of +2 levels too is fine here. Many private colleges run +2 commerce affiliated to HSEB. However, the number of +2 science colleges are very few. Science college like Kamala Higher Secondary School is providing good practical based education to students of Sindhuli. This college has been serving as the central of excellence for all science students throughout Sindhuli valley. There are also colleges to teach technical educations. The technical subjects affiliated with CTEVT too are taught here.

Higher Education

There are many colleges which facilitate higher education. There are a large number of colleges running courses with affiliation to universities of Nepal. Colleges like Sindhuli Multiple Campus fall under this category. Kamala Science Campus enables students to acquire Bachelor of Science courses (BSc.).

Colleges

Schools

Technical Colleges

Transportation

Regional

The new section of B.P. Koirala Highway to Kamalamai from Kathmandu opened in 2011 and continues on to Bardibas, though most areas only allow one lane of traffic with hairpin turns. The rest of the route to Bardibas is even and therefore much less dangerous. Also an old road that connects Dharan through Inner Tarai is just going to reopen for the easier movement through the Inner Tarai Valleys of Sindhuli and Udayapur of Western Region to Dharan of Eastern Nepal. Long-route buses run under the local authority in the headquarters which has bus routes to cities like Kathmandu, Janakpur,Biratnagar and Pokhara.

Local

Local transportation consists of minibuses and minivans which have been regulated by the local people in the headquarters while most of the parts of Kamalamai are inaccessible to vehicles. Nowadays, auto rickshaws (electrical) too facilitate the people here.

Media

To promote local culture Kamalamai Municipality has three FM radio stations - Sindhuligadhi FM - 92 MHz, Radio Siddhababa - 98.4 MHz and Radio Sahara - 104.2 MHz. The KM Club has been actively holding various events in colleges of Sindhuli.

References

  1. ↑ General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012
  2. ↑ General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012

External links

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