Gaindakot Municipality

Gaindakot (Nepali: गैँडाकोट, pronounced [ˈɡʌ̃ĩ̯ɽakoʈ]; 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.^[2][3] 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.^[4] The population grew to 79,349 with 20,191 individual household according to 2021 Nepal census.^[5]

Gaindakot गैँडाकोट नगरपालिका
Municipality
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Coordinates: 27.73°N 84.39°E / 27.73; 84.39
Country	Nepal
Province	Gandaki
District	Nawalpur
Government
• Mayor	Madan Bhakta Adhikari (NC)
• Deputy Mayor	Shanti Koirala (NC)
Area
• Total	159.93 km2 (61.75 sq mi)
Elevation	201 m (659 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	58,841[1]
• Density	367.92/km2 (952.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code	33003
Area code	078
Website	www.gaindakotmun.gov.np

Broadcasting

Gaindakot has one FM radio station Vijaya FM^[6] at 101.6 MHz which is a community radio station. MTV Mukundasen TV, the first channel of Gaindakot, is broadcast from there.^{[citation needed]}

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]}

Industry

The large Bhrikuti Paper and Pulp factory shut down in 2011 for financial reasons.^[7][8]