Gaunsahar
City in Gandaki Province, Nepal
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Gaunshahar (Nepali: गाउँशहर) is a town and market place at Besishahar Municipality in Lamjung District in Gandaki Province of northern-central Nepal.[1] The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur & Chandisthan on May 15, 2014.[2][3][4] The temple of Lamjung Kalika & Lamjung Durbar are located here. This place is in the way of Annapurna Conservation Area. The Dumre-Besishahar-Chame highway also goes from this place. Here are different casts and religions.
Gaunshahar
गाउँशहर (in Nepali) | |
|---|---|
Painting of Lamjung Durbar | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Gandaki Province |
| District | Lamjung District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Besishahar Municipality |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,611 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Postal Code | 33600 |
| Area code | 066 |
Population
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 6,611 (3,752 Female & 2,859 Male) people living in 1,757 individual Households.[5][6]
Media
Gaunshahar has one FM Radio station Radio Lamjung – 88.4 MHz. Radio Chautari 91.4 MHz. This is a Community Radio station. Kaule Pani Home stay is also promoting the local culture in Gaunshahar.[citation needed]
