# Chitawan Municipality, Nawalparasi East District – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/nawalparasi-east/chitawan/ Municipality · Nawalparasi East District # Chitawan Chitawan is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Nawalparasi East District, Gandaki Province. It covers **94.7 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here. - 94.7km² - 675 mtypical elevation ## Where is Chitawan? Chitawan lies in [Nawalparasi East District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/nawalparasi-east/), [Gandaki Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 9 other municipalities: [Bardaghat](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/nawalparasi-west/bardaghat/), [Bharatpur](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/chitawan/bharatpur/), [Binayi Tribeni](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/nawalparasi-east/binayi-tribeni/), [Chitawan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/chitawan/chitawan/), [Devchuli](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/nawalparasi-east/devchuli/), [Gaidakot](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/nawalparasi-east/gaidakot/), [Kawasoti](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/nawalparasi-east/kawasoti/), [Madhya Bindu](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/nawalparasi-east/madhya-bindu/) and [Susta](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/nawalparasi-west/susta/). By area it is the 509th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 6.6% of [Nawalparasi East District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/nawalparasi-east/). The centre of Chitawan is about 119 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 27.5740° N, 84.1215° 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 Chitawan Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Chitawan. - Mandarthān 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 Chitawan Named natural and historic features inside Chitawan, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 10 rivers and streams. - Budaruṅ Kholā - Bān Kholā - Deusat Kholā - Deusat Kholā - Gaḍār Kholā - Gindri̇̄ Kholā - Laukāhā Kholā - Madāri̇̄ Kholā - Moti̇̄yā Kholā - Rāi̇̄pur Kholā ### Forests and nature 1 forest; 1 wildlife reserve. - Belaugi̇̄ Forest - 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 Nawalparasi East District, the warmest month is Jun (average 30 °C) and the coolest is Jan (13 °C), after allowing for this place being about 379 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,408 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (414 mm) and the driest Nov (2 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 16 Feb 17 22 Mar 22 21 Apr 28 28 May 30 86 Jun 30 233 Jul 27 414 Aug 26 302 Sep 25 217 Oct 22 63 Nov 18 2 Dec 14 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 Community Health Post · Kawasoti 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.57241&mlon=84.11259#map=17/27.57241/84.11259) Bank Kawasoti · Kawasoti 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.56800&mlon=84.10725#map=17/27.56800/84.10725) ATM HBL · Bharatpur 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.69542&mlon=84.42177#map=17/27.69542/84.42177) Petrol pump Sabik Shree · Kawasoti 6.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.62986&mlon=84.09843#map=17/27.62986/84.09843) Hotel Amaltari home stay office · Kawasoti 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.56817&mlon=84.10779#map=17/27.56817/84.10779) Mall Welcome Store · Kawasoti 7.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.63900&mlon=84.11681#map=17/27.63900/84.11681) School Durga Bhawani Primary School · Kawasoti 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.57295&mlon=84.11288#map=17/27.57295/84.11288) College Lumbini Adarsha Degree College Area · Kawasoti 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.63959&mlon=84.12919#map=17/27.63959/84.12919) Police station Kawasoti Police Station · Kawasoti 7.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.64480&mlon=84.12968#map=17/27.64480/84.12968) 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 Nawalparasi East District - Baudikali - Binayi Tribeni - Bulingtar - Devchuli - Gaidakot - Hupsekot - Kawasoti - Madhya Bindu ## Quick answers - Where is Chitawan?In Nawalparasi East District, Gandaki Province, Nepal - What borders Chitawan?Bardaghat, Bharatpur, Binayi Tribeni, Chitawan, Devchuli, Gaidakot, Kawasoti, Madhya Bindu and Susta - How many villages are in Chitawan?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Chitawan?October to April - Where is the nearest hospital to Chitawan?Community Health Post, about 0.9 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Chitawan?Kawasoti, about 1.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Chitawan?HBL, about 33 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Chitawan?Sabik Shree, about 6.6 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Chitawan?NP0447597 (OCHA common operational dataset)