{{Short description|Municipality in Ilam, Koshi Province, Nepal}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Suryodaya Municipality | native_name = सूर्योदय नगरपालिका | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Sunrise seen from Shree Antu, Ilam - One of the best place in Nepal to watch it. (By Saroj Pandey).jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = Sunrise seen from Shree Antu, Ilam | pushpin_map = Koshi Province#Nepal | map_caption = Suryodaya Municipality in Koshi Province | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Nepal}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Koshi | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Ilam <!-- Politics ----------------->| established_title = Established | established_date = 2014 | government_footnotes = | government_type = Mayor–council | governing_body = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = ''Vacant'' | leader_title1 = Vice Mayor | leader_name1 = Durga Kumar Baral (Nepali Congress) | leader_title3 = Chief Administrative Officer | leader_name3 = Amrit Bahadur Rai | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = 252.52 | area_rank = 7th (Koshi Province) | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 56691 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = NPT | utc_offset = +5:45 | coordinates = {{coord|26|53.45|N|88|3.90|E|type:city_region:NP|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 1565 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = 027 | website = {{url|https://www.suryodayamun.gov.np/}} | contact details = | name = }}
'''Suryodaya Municipality''' is a municipality located in Koshi Pradesh of Nepal in Ilam district. Suryodaya is the Nepali translation for “Sunrise".
It was formed by merging three village development committees i.e. Phikal Bazar, Panchakanya and Kanyam in May 2014 and Pashupatinagar, Shree Antu, Samalbung, Gorkhe, Laxmipur (except ward number 5) and ward 8 and 9 of Jogmai in February 2017. It is the largest municipality in the district of Ilam in terms of area.
It covers the central part of the district of Ilam bordering Darjeeling in the east in east, Ilam municipality in the West, Rong Rural Municipality in the South, Mai Municipality in the South-West and Maijogmai rural municipality in the North. It offers three major transit points to India namely Pashupatinagar, Chhabisay and Manebhanjyang including other minor points like Okayti Godamdhura.
== Population == The 2011 population was 56,691.<ref name="census">{{cite web | url=http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/VDC_Municipality.pdf | title=National Census 2011 | date=May 2014 | 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=2013-07-31 }}</ref>
Suryodaya Municipality hosts many tourist attractions like Shree Antu, Kanyam tea garden and Pashupatinagar.
=== Localities ===
== Geography == Latitude: 26°53'27"N
Longitude: 88°3'54"E
Climate: sub-tropical and sub-humid
Topography: Terrain
Elevation: 1,565 m (5,135 ft)
Area: 225.52 km<sup>2</sup>
Population: 58114
Population Density: 251/km^2
==Kajini International Cricket Ground== ''Kajini Cricket Ground'' is managed by Suryodaya Municipality, in the eastern hills of Nepal. It appears in local government procurement documents dating back to April 2020, when a NRs. 41 lakh tender was issued for “land development” work—i.e. leveling, grass, basic touch‑ups to form a playable ground—but not building full spectator stands or pavilions.
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed">
File:Reflection of Beautiful Landscape of tea garden in Antu Pokhari, Ilam (By Saroj Pandey).jpg|Reflection of the landscape of a tea garden in Antu Pokhari File:Kanyam by nepakrish.jpg|kanyam Tea Garden File:Kanyam 2.jpg|Kanyam </gallery>
==See also== *Kajini International Cricket Ground
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Ilam District}}
Category:Populated places in Ilam District Category:Municipalities in Koshi Province Category:Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Category:Municipalities in Ilam District
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