Gaindakot Municipality

Gaindakot is a municipality in Nawalparasi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. It became a municipality in May 2014 by merging the existing Mukundapur, Amarapuri, and Gaindakot VDCs.. It was again expanded by merging Ratanpur VDC. It is situated on the shore of Narayani River in the lap of Maula Kalika temple. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 58,841 and 13,623 individual households according to 2011 Nepal census.Events / MahotsavGaindakot MahotsavFirst Gaindakot MahotsavSecond Gaindakot MahotsavAmarapuri MahotsavFirst Amarapuri MahotsavMediaTo promote local culture, Gaindakot has one FM radio station Vijaya FM – 101.6 MHz which is a Community radio station. MTV Mukundasen TV, the first channel of Gaindakot, is broadcast from here.Aadarsha Samaj - DailyFirst newspaper published from gaindakot. It was regional release of Aadarsha Samaj news paper from Pokhara. Established Date:Vijay FMVijaya Community Information & communication Cooperative Ltd was established in 2000 in Gaindakot, Nawalparasi. It established Vijaya FM and first aired on 21st August 2004 and tuned into 101.6 MHz. Community Radio Vijaya FM is the common endeavor of peoples from different socio-economic background, non-government organizations, community forest user groups, schools, colleges, hospitals, cooperatives, temples and other social institutions.