Gaindakot Municipality

{{travel guide|date=October 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Gaindakot | native_name = गैँडाकोट | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality <br /> (नगरपालिका) | image_skyline = Gaindakot Town.jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | nickname = | motto =  | image_map =  | mapsize = 300px | map_caption = Map of the village development committees in Nawalpur District | pushpin_map = Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nepal | coordinates = {{coord|27.73|84.39|type:adm2nd_region:NP_source:unmaps-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Nepal}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name1 = Gandaki | subdivision_name2 = Nawalpur | established_title =  | established_date =  | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Madan Bhakta Adhikari (NC) | leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor | leader_name1 = Shanti Koirala (NC) | unit_pref =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 159.93 | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = 201  | population_total = 58,841 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/VDC_Municipality.pdf |title=Population statistics of Nepal in the year 2011 A.D |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731124937/http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/VDC_Municipality.pdf |archive-date=31 July 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = 367.92 | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_note = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 33003 | area_code = 078 | website = [http://www.gaindakotmun.gov.np www.gaindakotmun.gov.np] | footnotes = | | timezone = NST | utc_offset = +5:45 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | blank_name = | blank_info = | official_name = }}  '''Gaindakot''' ({{Langx|ne|गैँडाकोट}}, {{IPA|ne|ˈɡʌ̃ĩ̯ɽakoʈ|pron}}; 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 |title=72 new municipalities announced |publisher=My Republica.com |access-date=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618191026/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 |archive-date=18 June 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html|title=Government announces 72 new municipalities|publisher=The Kathmandu Post|access-date=10 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084717/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |access-date=18 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archive-date=12 October 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> The population grew to 79,349 with 20,191 individual household according to 2021 Nepal census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=population {{!}} national_population and housing_census_year results |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/population?province=4&district=43&municipality=1 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=censusnepal.cbs.gov.np}}</ref>

==Broadcasting== Gaindakot has one FM radio station Vijaya FM<ref>{{cite web|title=Vijaya fm |url=http://www.vijayafm.org.np}}</ref> at 101.6 MHz which is a community radio station. MTV Mukundasen TV, the first channel of Gaindakot, is broadcast from there.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

===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.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

== Industry == The large Bhrikuti Paper and Pulp factory shut down in 2011 for financial reasons.<ref name="Bhrikuti Paper closed 2011">{{Cite web|title=Nepal's largest paper mill Bhrikuti Paper and Pulp to shut down permanently [From the web]|url=https://www.risiinfo.com/industry-news/nepals-largest-paper-mill-bhrikuti-paper-and-pulp-to-shut-down-permanently-from-the-web/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=Fastmarkets RISI|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlinekhabar.com/2016/10/489171/|title = यसरी ढल्यो चीनले बनाइदिएको भृकुटी कागज कारखाना}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.gaindakotmun.gov.np/en Official Homepage of Gaindakot Municipality (Under Construction as of Sept, 2015)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140517222008/http://innovativegaindakot.com/ Innovative Gaindakot (English/Japanese)] *[http://gaindakotonline.com Gaindakot Online] *[http://www.maulakalika.org.np Official Site of Maula Kalika Temple in Nepali Language] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20141002072151/http://sahamati.org/site/ Gaindakot based NPO – SAHAMATI] *[http://gaindakot.com Gaindakot News Portal] *[https://twitter.com/Gaidakot Gaindakot on Twitter] *[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gaindakot-Nepal/126527204127087 Gaindakot, Nepal on Facebook] *[https://www.facebook.com/gaindakotdotcom/ Gaindakot Dot pCom on Facebook]

Category:Populated places in Nawalpur District Category:Nepal municipalities established in 2014