# Aarughat Municipality, Gorkha District, Gandaki Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/gorkha/aarughat/ Municipality · Gorkha District # Aarughat Aarughat is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province. It covers **160.8 km²**. 70 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 65 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 161km² - 65mapped services - 1,054 mtypical elevation ## Where is Aarughat? Aarughat lies in [Gorkha District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/gorkha/), [Gandaki Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 6 other municipalities: [Barpak Sulikot](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/gorkha/barpak-sulikot/), [Bhimsenthapa](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/gorkha/bhimsenthapa/), [Dharche](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/gorkha/dharche/), [Ganga Jamuna](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/dhading/ganga-jamuna/), [Rubi Valley](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/dhading/rubi-valley/) and [Tripurasundari](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/dhading/tripurasundari/). By area it is the 266th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 4.4% of [Gorkha District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/gorkha/). The centre of Aarughat is about 68 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 28.1192° N, 84.8144° 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). ## Villages and localities in Aarughat Open gazetteers list **70 villages, towns and localities** in Aarughat. Settlements here lie between about 528 m and 1,982 m above sea level (median 1,054 m). - Aaru Chanuate - Alainche - Alai̇̃che - Alkatar - Arbang - Arbik - Arbāṅ - Arkhet Bajar - Arkhet Bazar - Armala - Aruarbang - Arughat - Arupokhari - Arutar - Basuri - Buddhigaira - Churung - Churuṅ - Dandagaun - Dandapari - Deurali - Dhakalgaun - Dhandagaun - Dharapani - Dharot - Dhodeni - Dhunchet - Dorba - Ghorpani - Jamunedanda - Jundhumu - Kalleri - Kauchhini - Keurenipani - Khatriswanra - Kokhetar - Lakure - Lambagar - Majhgaun - Manbu - Mangaltar - Mājhgāũ - Nebot Pokhari - Oyak - Panchkhuwa Deurali - Patalekharka - Ratmate - Sallaghari - Sekha - Shanti-Bajar - Shyamchet - Shyamrang - Simaraphant - Sisneri - Soranggaun - Sorāṅgāũ - Soti - Swanragaun - Swā̃rāgāũ - Tallo Aru - Thanti - Thotneri - Thumi - Tunibote - Ābrik - Ārughāt Bāzār - Ārughāṭ - Ḍā̃ḍāgāũ - Ḍā̃ḍāpāri̇̄ - Ṭhā̃ṭi̇̄ Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Aarughat Named natural and historic features inside Aarughat, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 11 rivers and streams. - Arkhet Kholā - Dhunchet Kholā - Dundare Kholā - Dāune Kholā - Khahare Kholā - Maudi̇̄ Kholā - Māṅtāṅ Kholā - Simarā Kholā - Soti̇̄ Kholā - Ãdheri̇̄ Kholā - Ṭhoṭneri̇̄ Kholā 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 Aarughat and the best time to visit Using the climate of Gorkha District, the warmest month is Jul (average 10 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-6 °C). About 837 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (206 mm) and the driest Nov (4 mm). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan -6 9 Feb -5 16 Mar -3 24 Apr 1 36 May 5 80 Jun 8 126 Jul 10 206 Aug 9 172 Sep 7 117 Oct 2 41 Nov -1 4 Dec -4 5 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Aarughat Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Baseri Health Post · Ganga Jamuna 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.09864&mlon=84.85490#map=17/28.09864/84.85490) Bank Shree om bachat tatha rin sahakari sanstha · Gorkha 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.00940&mlon=84.64995#map=17/28.00940/84.64995) Petrol pump Bhairabi Petrol Pump · Nilkhantha 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.91058&mlon=84.88449#map=17/27.91058/84.88449) Hotel Noname guesthouse · Aarughat 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.10179&mlon=84.83631#map=17/28.10179/84.83631) Mall Bluestar Complex · Nilkhantha 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.92820&mlon=84.89536#map=17/27.92820/84.89536) School Shri Manaslu Prathamik Vidhyala · Aarughat 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.12295&mlon=84.81778#map=17/28.12295/84.81778) College Bheemodya Multiple Campus · Aarughat 7.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.05145&mlon=84.81703#map=17/28.05145/84.81703) Police station Aarughat police officee · Aarughat 8.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.04389&mlon=84.81081#map=17/28.04389/84.81081) 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. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Aarughat Places mapped inside Aarughat in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals2 - Hotels18 - Schools43 - Colleges and universities1 - Police stations1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other municipalities in Gorkha District - Ajirkot - Barpak Sulikot - Bhimsenthapa - Chumanubri - Dharche - Gandaki - Gorkha - Palungtar - Shahid Lakhan - Siranchowk ## Quick answers - Where is Aarughat?In Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, Nepal - What borders Aarughat?Barpak Sulikot, Bhimsenthapa, Dharche, Ganga Jamuna, Rubi Valley and Tripurasundari - How many villages are in Aarughat?70 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Aarughat?Settlements lie between 528 m and 1,982 m - Where is the nearest hospital to Aarughat?Baseri Health Post, about 4.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Aarughat?Shree om bachat tatha rin sahakari sanstha, about 20 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Aarughat?Bhairabi Petrol Pump, about 24 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Aarughat?2 mapped - What is the P-code of Aarughat?NP0436406 (OCHA common operational dataset)