# Chitawan Municipality, Makwanpur District, Bagmati Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/makwanpur/chitawan/ Municipality · Makwanpur District # Chitawan Chitawan is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Makwanpur District, Bagmati Province. It covers **65.2 km²**. - 65.2km² ## Where is Chitawan? Chitawan lies in [Makwanpur District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/makwanpur/), [Bagmati Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 6 other municipalities: [Chitawan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/madhesh/parsa/chitawan/), [Chitawan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/chitawan/chitawan/), [Manahari](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/makwanpur/manahari/), [Parsa](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/madhesh/parsa/parsa/), [Parsa](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/makwanpur/parsa/) and [Rapti](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/chitawan/rapti/). By area it is the 621st largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 2.7% of [Makwanpur District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/makwanpur/). The centre of Chitawan is about 64 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 27.4972° N, 84.7134° E. Source: [Survey Department of Nepal (http://ngiip.gov.np/index.php), UN Resident Coordinators Office in Nepal (https://un.org.np/) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-npl). ## Landscape and landmarks of Chitawan Named natural and historic features inside Chitawan, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 3 rivers and streams. - Manahari̇̄ Kholā - Manahari̇̄ Kholā - Sāno Katle Kholā ### Forests and nature 1 wildlife reserve. - Chitwan National Park Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Chitawan and the best time to visit Using the climate of Makwanpur District, the warmest month is Jun (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (13 °C). About 1,224 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (323 mm) and the driest Nov (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **October to April**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 13 12 Feb 17 19 Mar 21 24 Apr 26 39 May 28 100 Jun 28 200 Jul 26 323 Aug 25 262 Sep 24 184 Oct 22 51 Nov 18 4 Dec 15 5 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Chitawan Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Manahari Hospital · Manahari 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.54021&mlon=84.80760#map=17/27.54021/84.80760) Bank yeti development bank · Manahari 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.53894&mlon=84.80726#map=17/27.53894/84.80726) ATM Himalayan Bank · Ratnanagar 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.58171&mlon=84.49451#map=17/27.58171/84.49451) Petrol pump dipsika petrol pump · Manahari 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.53154&mlon=84.80959#map=17/27.53154/84.80959) Hotel Machan Wildlife Resort · Parsa 4.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.53490&mlon=84.73852#map=17/27.53490/84.73852) Mall City Centre Manahari Bazzar · Manahari 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.53936&mlon=84.80815#map=17/27.53936/84.80815) School Shree Bal Jyoti Pra V · Parsa 6.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.53988&mlon=84.75634#map=17/27.53988/84.75634) College Department of Plant Science, NSS, Tandi · Khairahani 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.59076&mlon=84.60743#map=17/27.59076/84.60743) Police station Manahari Police Station · Manahari 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.53966&mlon=84.80592#map=17/27.53966/84.80592) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Other municipalities in Makwanpur District - Bagmati - Bakaiya - Bhimphedi - Hetauda - Indrasarowar - Kailash - Makawanpurgadhi - Manahari - Parsa - Raksirang - Thaha ## Quick answers - Where is Chitawan?In Makwanpur District, Bagmati Province, Nepal - What borders Chitawan?Chitawan, Chitawan, Manahari, Parsa, Parsa and Rapti - What is the best time to visit Chitawan?October to April - Where is the nearest hospital to Chitawan?Manahari Hospital, about 10 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Chitawan?yeti development bank, about 10 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Chitawan?Himalayan Bank, about 24 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Chitawan?dipsika petrol pump, about 10 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Chitawan?NP0331597 (OCHA common operational dataset)