# Sirijanga Municipality, Taplejung District, Koshi Province

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Municipality · Taplejung District 

# Sirijanga

Sirijanga is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Taplejung District, Koshi Province. It covers **479.4 km²**. 167 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 479km²
- 5mapped services
- 1,762 mtypical elevation

## Where is Sirijanga?

Sirijanga lies in [Taplejung District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/), [Koshi Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 4 other municipalities: [Pathivara Yangwarak](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/pathivara-yangwarak/), [Phaktanlung](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/phaktanlung/), [Phungling](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/phungling/) and [Sidingba](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/sidingba/). By area it is the 55th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 13.2% of [Taplejung District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/). The centre of Sirijanga is about 262 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 27.4972° N, 87.9661° 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 Sirijanga

Open gazetteers list **167 villages, towns and localities** in Sirijanga. Settlements here lie between about 794 m and 4,732 m above sea level (median 1,762 m).

- Agegau
- Agegaun
- Ale
- Babahan
- Babahang
- Banketar
- Bansbote
- Barbote
- Barule
- Barundin
- Bhainse
- Bhaise
- Bhaīse
- Bhirkuna
- Bokhim
- Bābāhāṅ
- Bā̃sbote
- Chaukedada
- Chaukedanda
- Chherengdanda
- Chhereṅḍā̃ḍā
- Chichyan
- Chichyang
- Chichyāṅ
- Chinabun
- Dadagau
- Dandagaun
- Dhande
- Dhupidada
- Dhupidanda
- Dhupiḍā̃ḍā
- Ekim
- Ekpakhe
- Ethebu
- Hadikharka
- Hapu Khola
- Harandi
- Himadin
- Hinchhebun
- Hinchhebung
- Hukuma
- Huputar
- Kade
- Kagate
- Kande
- Kattike
- Katunje
- Khamlung
- Khandin
- Khandinbe
- Khandingbe
- Khangdin
- Khaṅdin
- Kheban
- Khebang
- Khebāṅ
- Khesewa
- Khiruwa
- Kholme
- Khoyāṅ
- Khāmluṅ
- Khāndiṅbe
- Kunjari
- Kā̃de
- Lasa
- Lashe
- Lukhudin
- Lungthung
- Lunthun
- Luṅthuṅ
- Madibun
- Madibung
- Makluwa
- Mamangkhe
- Muktura
- Mādibuṅ
- Māmāṅkhe
- Nepu
- New Jhoreni
- Nigale
- Ojithok
- Okharbote
- Orakpe
- Ose
- Otham
- Pampho Dada
- Panchami
- Pauwa
- Pedan
- Pedang
- Pedāṅ
- Phakholin
- Phakholing
- Phere
- Phumphedanda
- Phundruwa
- Phungphung
- Phunphun
- Phuṅphuṅ
- Phākholiṅ
- Pokhari
- Raja
- Ramite
- Ratedada
- Ratedanda
- Ratetar
- Rāteḍā̃ḍā
- Samekham
- Samethum
- Sanba
- Sangadin
- Sangmagu
- Sanmagu
- Sibok
- Sibudin
- Sikaicha
- Sikheba
- Simramlase
- Sinam
- Sinchebung
- Sinchebuṅ
- Sinchewa Bhanjyang
- Sirijangha
- Siwanagi (Bojheni)
- Siwādin
- Sorelun
- Sudap
- Sā̃bā
- Sā̃gādin
- Sāṅmāgu
- Tartum
- Tawanagi
- Tawatar
- Tellok
- Thatruwa
- Tholundada
- Tholungdanda
- Tholuṇḍā̃ḍā
- Thumba
- Thumsa
- Thungim
- Timbhure
- Timbure
- Tinthapa
- Torībārī
- Tumangkhe
- Tumāṅkhe
- Tyamphu
- Upper Yamphudin
- Warappa
- Yagu
- Yamphudin
- Yangpang
- Yangthung
- Yangu
- Yanpan
- Yanthun
- Yarun
- Yarung
- Yāmphodin
- Yāruṅ
- Yā̃gu
- Yāṅpāṅ
- Yāṅthuṅ
- Āgegāũ
- Ḍhā̃ḍe
- Ḍā̃ḍāgāũ

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 Sirijanga

Named natural and historic features inside Sirijanga, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

18 rivers and streams; 4 lakes.

- Amjī Kholā
- Chhahare Pokhari̇̄
- Dabalā Pokhari̇̄
- Ghaṭṭe Kholā
- Ghimire Kholā
- Hapu Kholā
- Hā̃ḍi Kholā
- Hā̃ḍi̇̄ Pokhari̇̄
- Hāṅ Kholā
- Khāksewā Kholā
- Lāmi̇̄ Pokhari̇̄
- Lāmī Kholā
- Nebu Kholā
- Nāṅdewā Kholā
- Othām Kholā
- Phedi Kholā
- Phurmā Kholā
- Rāte Kholā
- Sikhebā Kholā
- Soyāṅ Kholā
- Susungā Kholā
- Yāmgāchhā Kholā

### Hills and mountains

5 mountain passes; 2 glaciers; 1 mountain.

- Khāṅlānānmā Glacier · 5,205 m
- West Rāthon Glacier · 4,758 m
- Simrāmlāse · 4,622 m
- Tupluṅ · 4,207 m
- Dhupī Bhañjyāṅ · 2,533 m
- Sinchebuṅ Bhañjyāṅ · 2,234 m
- Ekchanā Bhañjyāṅ · 2,088 m
- Ghā̃ṭichhinne Bhañjyāṅ · 2,000 m

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 Sirijanga and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Taplejung District, the warmest month is Jul (average 12 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-3 °C). About 1,098 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (293 mm) and the driest Nov (3 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 -3 5 

Feb -1 11 

Mar 2 26 

Apr 5 51 

May 8 108 

Jun 11 160 

Jul 12 293 

Aug 11 233 

Sep 10 160 

Oct 6 46 

Nov 3 3 

Dec -1 3 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Sirijanga

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Manakamana Health Clinic · Mikwakhola 32 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.39286&mlon=87.66531#map=17/27.39286/87.66531) 

Bank Prime Bank · Phungling 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.35825&mlon=87.67178#map=17/27.35825/87.67178) 

Hotel Alojamiento · Phaktanlung 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.52808&mlon=87.91347#map=17/27.52808/87.91347) 

School TELLOK HIGH SCHOOL · Sirijanga 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.36269&mlon=87.85006#map=17/27.36269/87.85006) 

College Pathivara Multipl Campus · Phungling 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.35547&mlon=87.66935#map=17/27.35547/87.66935) 

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 Sirijanga

Places mapped inside Sirijanga in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hotels3
- Schools2

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 Taplejung District

- Aatharai Tribeni
- Maiwakhola
- Meringden
- Mikwakhola
- Pathivara Yangwarak
- Phaktanlung
- Phungling
- Sidingba

## Quick answers

- Where is Sirijanga?In Taplejung District, Koshi Province, Nepal
- What borders Sirijanga?Pathivara Yangwarak, Phaktanlung, Phungling and Sidingba
- How many villages are in Sirijanga?167 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Sirijanga?Settlements lie between 794 m and 4,732 m
- What is the highest point in Sirijanga?Khāṅlānānmā Glacier (5,205 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Sirijanga?Manakamana Health Clinic, about 32 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Sirijanga?Prime Bank, about 33 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Sirijanga?NP0101403 (OCHA common operational dataset)