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Sunwal (Nepali: सुनवल) is a municipality in Nawalparasi District. It lies in Western Development Region, Lumbini Zone. It was announced as a municipality on 2011 combining two neighboring Village Development Committees; Sunwal and Swathi;
of the district (by means of financial plan for the fiscal year
2011-2012 on July 16, 2011). It is the urban core of a rapidly growing
urban agglomerate in Nepal.
Sunwal is one of the biggest and the richest Municipality of
Nawalparasi district. Recently, it belongs to the State no.5 under new
constitution.
Sunwal Municipality is the first Child Friendly municipality of Nepal.
Sunwal consists of people of mixed groups and castes; these include Pahari immigrants from nearby hill districts especially Palpa, Arghakhanchi, Parbat, Gulmi, Syangja and others and people of Terai origin. Hindus in the majority celebrate Holi, Teej, Maha Shivratri, Dashain, Tihar and Bhai Tika.
There are also Buddhist and Muslims. There is a very good and harmonious relationship among different religious and ethnic community which can be seen during festivals.
Nepali and English is the common language spoken in Sunwal. Gurung, Magar, Newar and Tharu people speak native language in their community.
English is not used much; however, most of the young generations and mid aged population can communicate well in English.
The economy of Sunwal centers around trade, services and industries.
Numerous wholesale and retail shops sell Chinese and Indian goods in
these markets. Besides mordern shopping, a traditional form of market
called Haat Bazar runs twice a week on Sunday and Tuesdays in Sunwal
Bazar and Naduwa Bazar respectively. Usually, farmers directly sell to
the retail customers in this market in a dusty and busy market setup.
Nepal's one of the largest Sugar factory, Lumbini Sugar Industry, which was made by China's support, also lies here. Lumbini Sugar Industry is also one of the most famous place for which this city is known for. Many international tourists (especially Chinese) and internal visitors come here for the industrial and educational visit. Sunwal also has other small, medium and large scale Industries. Other large scale industries such as Laxmi Steels Factory, Butwal Cement Industry etc. are also located here. 3 distilary factories are also running here. Many small and cottage industries are also doing its operations.
Service based economy is centred around banking and education. Increasing number of people are involved in jobs in these sectors. About a dozen of banking and financial institutions are operating here. More than 2 dozens of co-operative societies are also playing great role in increasing the financial and investment opportunity among stakeholders and upliftment of rural areas.
Sunwal is also the urban core of an upcoming urban agglomerate comprising the nearby municipalities of Devdaha, Ramgram, Bardaghat and VDCs such as Ramnagar(Bhumahi). Together, these make up an urban continuum and the region as a whole has an increasingly large contribution to the national economy. Ramgram is headquarter of Nawalparasi and near to international border and customs point with India at Maheshpur and connected to Siddharthanagar through Bhumahi-Bhairahawa By-Pass Road. Bardaghat is also a municipality formed recently and is the gateway to the Religious and tourist site, Triveni. Devdaha is an emerging city in Rupandehi district.
Sunwal is also a city, which is connected to nearby tourist areas of Ramagrama stupa, Triveni, Tansen, Kapilvastu and Lumbini. It is also the gateway to nearby cities of Butwal, Ramgram and Bharatpur.
Sunwal Municipality is connected with Mahendra Highway. Mahendra (East West) Highway connects Sunwal to Kankarbhitta in the east to Bhimdatta (formerly Mahendranagar) in the west of the country. Tanka Prasad Acharya Marga, (which connects Sunwal to Ramgram Municipality (Parasi, the headquarter of Nawalparasi district) is also one of the important highway. Sunwal is connected to Palpa district by new developing road transport called Sunwal-Gothadi Marga. Sunwal is 21 km east of Mahendra Highway from Butwal Sub-Metropolitan Municipality.
Buses are the dominant form of transportation. Private operators offer service to various destinations that departs from butwal, is available here. Since 2003, operators have added newer minibuses popularly called micro, for local transport service having routes Butwal-Sunwal-Bardaghat. Older jeeps are used to take people to nearby hilly regions. Rickshaws are used for short-distance urban transport, however E-rickshaw (ई-रिक्सा) is also introduced here from 2014 for city area. Motorcycles are a common means of personal transportation around town.
Madhya-Nepal Transport Association, Sunwal is the operator of transport services based in Sunwal and operates its services to different regions of Nawalparasi and rupendehi district such as Sunwal-Parasi, Sunwal-Parasi-Maheshpur, Sunwal-Parasi-Bhairahawa, Sunwal-Parasi-Triveni, Sunwal-Mahalpokhari. Its head-office is in Sunwal and branch offices in different cities.
There are many public and private secondary and higher-secondary
schools. Some campuses are also established for different bachelor-level
programmes. The major schools and colleges are as follows:
Higher Secondary School
Some 300 years later, Emperor Ashoka opened seven of these stupas and removed the Buddha relics (his goal was to redistribute the relics into 84,000 stupas which he planned to construct throughout the Maurya Empire). According to legend, the Naga serpent king was guarding the Ramagrama stupa, and prevented Ashoka from unearthing the relic.
To this day, Ramagrama stupa remains the only intact and original stupa containing relics of Lord Buddha.[3] The stupa has been an object of great reverence and pilgrimage site since its original construction. The 7 metres (23 ft) high stupa is now buried under a mound of earth and is awaiting further research.[4]
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Devkota College
Machharmara Sunwal
THe letter to be student of the year
Sunwal
| Sunwal सुनवल नगरपालिका |
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|---|---|
| Municipality | |
Sunwal
Location in Nepal
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| Coordinates: 27.63°N 83.65°ECoordinates: 27.63°N 83.65°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Lumbini Zone |
| District | Nawalparasi |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 39,850 |
| Time zone | NST (UTC+5:45) |
| Website |
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Sunwal Municipality is the first Child Friendly municipality of Nepal.
Contents
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 39846 people living in 8639 individual households. After the announcement of Municipality by combining two VDC's, the total population of Sunwal Municipality becomes more than 60,000, which is highest in Nawalparasi district. Swathi alone had population of 10629 with 2102 individual households at the time of the 2011 Nepal census.[1][2]Sunwal consists of people of mixed groups and castes; these include Pahari immigrants from nearby hill districts especially Palpa, Arghakhanchi, Parbat, Gulmi, Syangja and others and people of Terai origin. Hindus in the majority celebrate Holi, Teej, Maha Shivratri, Dashain, Tihar and Bhai Tika.
There are also Buddhist and Muslims. There is a very good and harmonious relationship among different religious and ethnic community which can be seen during festivals.
Nepali and English is the common language spoken in Sunwal. Gurung, Magar, Newar and Tharu people speak native language in their community.
English is not used much; however, most of the young generations and mid aged population can communicate well in English.
Economy
Kabuknagar of sunwal municipality
Nepal's one of the largest Sugar factory, Lumbini Sugar Industry, which was made by China's support, also lies here. Lumbini Sugar Industry is also one of the most famous place for which this city is known for. Many international tourists (especially Chinese) and internal visitors come here for the industrial and educational visit. Sunwal also has other small, medium and large scale Industries. Other large scale industries such as Laxmi Steels Factory, Butwal Cement Industry etc. are also located here. 3 distilary factories are also running here. Many small and cottage industries are also doing its operations.
Service based economy is centred around banking and education. Increasing number of people are involved in jobs in these sectors. About a dozen of banking and financial institutions are operating here. More than 2 dozens of co-operative societies are also playing great role in increasing the financial and investment opportunity among stakeholders and upliftment of rural areas.
Sunwal is also the urban core of an upcoming urban agglomerate comprising the nearby municipalities of Devdaha, Ramgram, Bardaghat and VDCs such as Ramnagar(Bhumahi). Together, these make up an urban continuum and the region as a whole has an increasingly large contribution to the national economy. Ramgram is headquarter of Nawalparasi and near to international border and customs point with India at Maheshpur and connected to Siddharthanagar through Bhumahi-Bhairahawa By-Pass Road. Bardaghat is also a municipality formed recently and is the gateway to the Religious and tourist site, Triveni. Devdaha is an emerging city in Rupandehi district.
Sunwal is also a city, which is connected to nearby tourist areas of Ramagrama stupa, Triveni, Tansen, Kapilvastu and Lumbini. It is also the gateway to nearby cities of Butwal, Ramgram and Bharatpur.
Transport
Gautam Buddha Airport located in Siddharthanagar is the nearest airport from Sunwal connecting to Kathmandu. It has regular flights to Kathmandu. It is also in construction phase for the upgradation into regional international airport. One can go to Siddharthanagar from Sumwal through Sunwal-Parasi-Bhairahawa road.Sunwal Municipality is connected with Mahendra Highway. Mahendra (East West) Highway connects Sunwal to Kankarbhitta in the east to Bhimdatta (formerly Mahendranagar) in the west of the country. Tanka Prasad Acharya Marga, (which connects Sunwal to Ramgram Municipality (Parasi, the headquarter of Nawalparasi district) is also one of the important highway. Sunwal is connected to Palpa district by new developing road transport called Sunwal-Gothadi Marga. Sunwal is 21 km east of Mahendra Highway from Butwal Sub-Metropolitan Municipality.
Buses are the dominant form of transportation. Private operators offer service to various destinations that departs from butwal, is available here. Since 2003, operators have added newer minibuses popularly called micro, for local transport service having routes Butwal-Sunwal-Bardaghat. Older jeeps are used to take people to nearby hilly regions. Rickshaws are used for short-distance urban transport, however E-rickshaw (ई-रिक्सा) is also introduced here from 2014 for city area. Motorcycles are a common means of personal transportation around town.
Madhya-Nepal Transport Association, Sunwal is the operator of transport services based in Sunwal and operates its services to different regions of Nawalparasi and rupendehi district such as Sunwal-Parasi, Sunwal-Parasi-Maheshpur, Sunwal-Parasi-Bhairahawa, Sunwal-Parasi-Triveni, Sunwal-Mahalpokhari. Its head-office is in Sunwal and branch offices in different cities.
- Intracity: Cycle, rickshaws, and Electric Rickshaw serve the city center. City safari or electric rickshaws are the most used transportation here, which connects all part of Sunwal and is very cheap.
Education
Frontal view of Somnath Baba Campus
Frontal view of Mahakavi Devkota campus
Higher Secondary School
- The Pioneer Higher Secondary English Boarding School.
- Mahakabi Devkota Higher Secondary School
- Lumbini Higher Secondary School
- Somnath Baba Higher Secondary School
- Sakura Higher Secondary School
- Janasewa Higher Secondary School
- Mahakavi Devkota Campus
- Somnath Baba Campus and the principal of this campus is Shankar Gautam. He honorable and active member of Sunwal, He is helpful and kind. It first children friendly school in Nepal. The environment of this school is very good.
Places of interest
- Mahalpokhari
- Belayari Village
- Somnath Baba Temple
- Pragati Bal Uddhan
Nearby tourist attractions
It is a stupa located in Ramgram Municipality, some 11 km far from Sunwal. The regular jeep and bus goes from Sunwal. This Buddhist pilgrimage site, which was constructed some 2500 years BCE, contains relics of Gautama Buddha.[3] According to Buddhist texts, after Buddha's Mahaparinirvana, his cremated remains were divided and distributed among the princes of eight of the sixteen mahājanapadās. Each of the princes constructed a stupa at or near his capital city, within which the respective portion of the ashes was enshrined.[4] One of them was Rāmagrāma, a major city of the Koliya kingdom (this settlement is sometimes referred to as Koliyanagara) at that time.[5][6]Some 300 years later, Emperor Ashoka opened seven of these stupas and removed the Buddha relics (his goal was to redistribute the relics into 84,000 stupas which he planned to construct throughout the Maurya Empire). According to legend, the Naga serpent king was guarding the Ramagrama stupa, and prevented Ashoka from unearthing the relic.
To this day, Ramagrama stupa remains the only intact and original stupa containing relics of Lord Buddha.[3] The stupa has been an object of great reverence and pilgrimage site since its original construction. The 7 metres (23 ft) high stupa is now buried under a mound of earth and is awaiting further research.[4]
- Devdaha
- Manimukunda Sen Park (Phulbari)
- Siddha Baba Temple
- Tribeni Ghat on the Narayani River (known as Gandak in India) is an auspicious site for bathing. It attracts hundred thousands of pilgrims on Maghe Sankranti (Hindi: Makar Sankranti), approximately 15 January.
- Valmiki Ashram near Tribeni Ghat, believed to be the place where Prince Siddhartha got down from his horse Kantaka and strode off on foot and into the jungles in his search for answers.
- Chitwan National Park east of the Narayani River, a preserve larger than 900 km2 protecting some 700 native animal species—including gaur, tiger, rhioceros, gharial and crocodile—and flora native to the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands.
See also
References
- "Koliyā". Palikanon.com. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Populated places in Nepal. |
- Cost of Living Index in Nepal - Statistics & Graphs of Nepalese Citizen's Economic Power, January 10, 2014
- Central Bureau of Statistics, Final result of population and housing - census 2011, VDC/Municipality, Table 2 (p. 8)
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