# Buddhashanti Municipality, Jhapa District, Koshi Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/jhapa/buddhashanti/ Municipality · Jhapa District # Buddhashanti Buddhashanti is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Jhapa District, Koshi Province. It covers **79.5 km²**. 73 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 41 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 79.5km² - 41mapped services - 282 mtypical elevation ## Where is Buddhashanti? Buddhashanti lies in [Jhapa District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/jhapa/), [Koshi Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 3 other municipalities: [Arjundhara](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/jhapa/arjundhara/), [Mechinagar](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/jhapa/mechinagar/) and [Rong](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/ilam/rong/). By area it is the 571st largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 5.0% of [Jhapa District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/jhapa/). The centre of Buddhashanti is about 292 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 26.7404° N, 88.0685° 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 Buddhashanti Open gazetteers list **73 villages, towns and localities** in Buddhashanti. Settlements here lie between about 150 m and 749 m above sea level (median 282 m). - Aiyabari - Anpe - Bansbari - Barhaghare - Barne - Barne Nayajhoda - Barne Nayanjhoda - Barnedandagaun - Barneḍā̃ḍāgāũ - Bawaritar - Bhotetar - Buddhashanti - Budhabare - Bā̃sbāri̇̄ - Charbhaiya - Charchabari Aathnambarchok - Chhanambarchok - Chulthe - Damatar - Dangrabari - Dharagola - Dhardhare - Dumribote Sirise - Gadalgairha - Gadhigau - Gadhigaun - Gairigau - Gairigaun - Ganeshbasti - Gaḍhi̇̄gāũ - Giddhe - Golatar - Gopaldanda - Gopālḍā̃ḍā - Hattisude - Hattisunde - Hokse - Hāttisũḍe - Jayapurchok - Jhamkechok - Jhilmile Pul - Jogidada - Jogidanda - Jogi̇̄ḍā̃ḍā - Kamitar - Kanchanbari - Kanchanbari Satnambarchok - Kharkholagaun - Khārikholāgāũ - Laharegau - Laharegaun - Madanpur - Mainalidanda - Majhuwa - Mangalbare - Paharitar - Panighatta - Phanphole - Pipalchock - Pipalchok - Ramite - Ratmate - Sano Sunmai - Santapur - Shantinagar - Subbakamat - Sunmai - Surketar - Tamakotdada - Tamakotdanda - Tarabari - Thutebar - Ā̃pe 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 Buddhashanti Named natural and historic features inside Buddhashanti, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 6 rivers and streams. - Dāmā Kholā - Guhe Kholsi̇̄ - Khār Kholā - Kuruṅ Kholā - Kāli̇̄ Kholā - Ṭimāi̇̄ 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 Buddhashanti and the best time to visit Using the climate of Jhapa District, the warmest month is May (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (15 °C), after allowing for this place being about 177 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,774 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (474 mm) and the driest Dec (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 15 6 Feb 18 12 Mar 23 29 Apr 27 70 May 28 163 Jun 28 278 Jul 27 474 Aug 26 353 Sep 25 291 Oct 23 92 Nov 20 5 Dec 16 2 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Buddhashanti Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Mahila Samudhaik Hospital · Buddhashanti 2.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.72137&mlon=88.05052#map=17/26.72137/88.05052) Bank Budhabare Co-operative · Buddhashanti 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.72590&mlon=88.05226#map=17/26.72590/88.05226) ATM Machhapuchchhre bank · Mechinagar 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.64878&mlon=88.15737#map=17/26.64878/88.15737) Petrol pump Jana Kalyan Shiva Stores · Buddhashanti 3.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.71838&mlon=88.05012#map=17/26.71838/88.05012) Hotel Hotel ROYAL RATNA and Lodge · Buddhashanti 2.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.72343&mlon=88.05000#map=17/26.72343/88.05000) Mall Aryan Plaza · Mechinagar 9.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.65248&mlon=88.05365#map=17/26.65248/88.05365) School Karnali International Higher Secondary School · Buddhashanti 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.72546&mlon=88.05117#map=17/26.72546/88.05117) College Himalayan Education Foundation · Mechinagar 9.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.66033&mlon=88.09357#map=17/26.66033/88.09357) Police station bhutanese refugee camp · Buddhashanti 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=26.73584&mlon=88.07813#map=17/26.73584/88.07813) 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 Buddhashanti Places mapped inside Buddhashanti in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals3 - Banks22 - Petrol pumps2 - Hotels1 - Schools11 - Police stations2 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 Jhapa District - Arjundhara - Barhadashi - Bhadrapur - Birtamod - Damak - Gauradaha - Gauriganj - Haldibari - Jhapa - Kachanakawal - Kamal - Kankai - Mechinagar - Shivasatakshi ## Quick answers - Where is Buddhashanti?In Jhapa District, Koshi Province, Nepal - What borders Buddhashanti?Arjundhara, Mechinagar and Rong - How many villages are in Buddhashanti?73 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Buddhashanti?Settlements lie between 150 m and 749 m - What is the best time to visit Buddhashanti?October to April - Where is the nearest hospital to Buddhashanti?Mahila Samudhaik Hospital, about 2.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Buddhashanti?Budhabare Co-operative, about 2.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Buddhashanti?Machhapuchchhre bank, about 13 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Buddhashanti?Jana Kalyan Shiva Stores, about 3.0 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Buddhashanti?3 mapped - How many banks are in Buddhashanti?22 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Buddhashanti?2 mapped - What is the P-code of Buddhashanti?NP0104402 (OCHA common operational dataset)