Butwal

Butwal Municipal Office

• Introduction

  BUTWAL MUNICIPALITY AT A GLANCE IN 2006
  
  
  Butwal is located in the district of Rupandehi, Lumbini Zone, Western Development Region of Nepal and at the crossing point of two major highways viz. East-West and Siddartha Highways. It is one of the oldest municipalities of Nepal established in 2016 B.S. In the beginning it had only 12 wards. It was expanded in 2053 B.S. to cover more areas lying in the west up to Tamnagar. Now it is divided into 15 wards. The largest among them is ward no. 15 and smallest ward no. 3.
  
  Butwal is bounded by Dobhan VDC of Palpa District in the north, Sankarnagar VDC in the south, Devdaha VDC in the east and Motipur VDC in the west. The nearest city is Siddarthnagar Municipality located some 22 km in the south.
  
  Located at the foothill of Chhure range and on the bank of Tinau River, Butwal is comparatively moderate from climatological aspect. It is slightly hot in summer and moderately cool in winter. The highest temperature so far recorded is 35.9oC and lowest 11.5oC
  
  Butwal is a historical place well known for a battle with British troops. In this battle British troops were defeated by comparatively a smaller group of committed Nepalese soldiers commanded by Col. Ujer Singh Thapa in 1929 AD. The remains of Jitgadhi (Jit - Win and Gadhi - Fortress in Nepali) fortress are still there and are well preserved to demonstrate the braveness of Gurkha soldiers. Jitgadhi Fortress now is the landmark of Butwal.
  
  The total population of Butwal is slightly more than hundred thousand and about 24% of them are poor residing in 21 squatters’ settlements and 17 slums including clusters of individual households.
  
  Butwal has developed its own vision since 1996 as “LITERATE, SKILLED, HEALTHY CLEAN, GREEN & BEAUTIFUL CITY OF BUTWAL”. Also, Butwal is the first municipality to have its own strategy for poverty reduction. Butwal is also looking forward to make the city as the city of zero illegal settlement by 2014 A. D.

• City Data (2009)

  Population (persons)	124199
  Area (km2)	69.28
  Number of Households	23171
  GDP per Capita (US$)
  Climate	2.1 Temperature Maximum temperature - 35.9oC Minimum temperature - 10.5oC 2.2 Rainfall Average annual rainfall - 2374 mm Maximum in 24 hours - 190 mm 2.3 Relative Humidity Relative humidity at 08 hours - 91% at 8.30 AM Relative humidity at 17 hours - 86% at 5.30 PM
  Major Languages	Nepali
  Major Industries

• Urban Issues and Projects

  Priority Concerns

  Solid Waste Management, Slum and Squatters.

  Main Projects and Contributions

  Technical Cooperation with Other Cities

  Cooperation Offered

  Cooperation Requested