# Sunchhahari Municipality, Rolpa District, Lumbini Province

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rolpa/sunchhahari/

Municipality · Rolpa District 

# Sunchhahari

Sunchhahari is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Rolpa District, Lumbini Province. It covers **277.6 km²**. 350 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 35 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 278km²
- 35mapped services
- 2,019 mtypical elevation

## Where is Sunchhahari?

Sunchhahari lies in [Rolpa District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rolpa/), [Lumbini Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 7 other municipalities: [Bhoome](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rukum-east/bhoome/), [Lungri](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rolpa/lungri/), [Naubahini](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/pyuthan/naubahini/), [Nisikhola](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/baglung/nisikhola/), [Rolpa](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rolpa/rolpa/), [Sunil Smriti](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rolpa/sunil-smriti/) and [Thawang](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rolpa/thawang/). By area it is the 120th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 14.7% of [Rolpa District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rolpa/). The centre of Sunchhahari is about 256 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 28.3815° N, 82.8286° 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 Sunchhahari

Open gazetteers list **350 villages, towns and localities** in Sunchhahari. Settlements here lie between about 999 m and 3,495 m above sea level (median 2,019 m).

- Aiselukharka
- Arkhale
- Baghtange
- Baghtare
- Bahundhara
- Baibang
- Baibāṅ
- Bandrabas
- Bangnang
- Bargo
- Basa
- Bhaba
- Bhagali
- Bhaibang
- Bhaibāṅ
- Bhakteni
- Bhalban
- Bhalbang
- Bhaluchheda Kharka
- Bharepur
- Bhedimargaun
- Bhirkuna
- Bhitrigam
- Bhiuchuli Dhik
- Bhugridanda
- Bhungribang
- Bibang
- Bibang Kharka
- Bibāṅ
- Bisaunadhara
- Bobangaun
- Burokhore
- Bāṅnāṅ
- Chalbang
- Chalphala
- Chamja
- Charipani Kharka
- Chaupaei
- Chaupāri̇̄
- Chhanbang
- Chhanbāṅ
- Chhang
- Chhegumahang
- Chhegumhang
- Chhegumhāṅ
- Chhā̃ṅ
- Chirkubang
- Churbangdanda
- Churbāṅḍā̃ḍā
- Chyana
- Dahabang
- Dahabāṅ
- Damphale
- Damphu
- Dangbang
- Dangdhara
- Dangje
- Dangkung
- Dangsupa
- Darbār Kharka
- Dhand
- Dhangbang
- Dhanggu
- Dhara
- Dharmashala
- Dharmashālā
- Dhokaikharka
- Dhondre
- Dhungbang
- Dhungsi
- Dhuri
- Dhuribang
- Dhāṅgu
- Dokadung
- Dokang
- Dokāṅ
- Dursi
- Dwar kharka
- Dāṅbāṅ
- Dāṅje
- Dāṅkuṅ
- Dāṅsupā
- Galdhara
- Galkot Dhuri
- Gam
- Garbija
- Garjabang Kharka
- Ghodakanya Kharka
- Ghoghagaun
- Ghorakhande
- Ghoshang
- Ghoshāṅ
- Ghumaunedanda
- Ghusbang
- Gichhang
- Gichheṅ
- Goljabang
- Gopikholagaun
- Gorluṅ Kharka
- Gothbang
- Grahi
- Guhebari
- Gumbangdanda
- Gumbāṅḍā̃ḍā
- Gurpajung
- Guthukholagaun
- Guwakholagaun
- Hamja
- Hangdung
- Hankar
- Harbang
- Harbang Pakha
- Hargujadanda
- Harimsupa
- Hlle Kharka
- Huching
- Huchiṅ
- Hārbāṅ
- Hārjā Kharka
- Hā̃kar
- Hāṅḍuṅ
- Jabhalapo
- Jaima
- Jaljala
- Jangkyang
- Japudanda
- Japuḍā̃ḍā
- Jarbang
- Jarbāṅ
- Jareban Kharka
- Jaredhara Kharka
- Jaṅkyāṅ
- Jelbang
- Jelbāṅ
- Jharbang
- Jhebang
- Jhebān
- Jhingja
- Jhirbang
- Jhiribang
- Jhiṅjā
- Jhumpadhara
- Jhyalgung
- Jhyanatdanda
- Jhārbāṅ
- Jimpobang
- Jinarbang Kharka
- Jingkhang Kharka
- Jiṅkhaṅ Kharka
- Jubang
- Jubāṅ
- Jugumdanda
- Jugumḍā̃ḍā
- Jumlung
- Jumluṅ
- Juriya
- Jyriya
- Jālkeni̇̄ Kharka
- Kaku
- Kamal Pokhari
- Kaphaldhara
- Karjadhuri
- Kasala
- Katne
- Kauchhena
- Kelja Khalka
- Kengnat
- Keṅnāṭ
- Khabyar Kharka
- Khalu
- Khamariphet
- Kharka
- Kharkakhola
- Kharkakholagaun
- Khibang
- Khibāṅ
- Khimpu
- Khonchyang
- Khorbang
- Khung
- Khuṅ
- Kimasepo
- Kipaj
- Kisanbang
- Kisrang
- Kisrāṅ
- Kiwansepo
- Kiwā̃sepo
- Koibang
- Koi̇̄ban
- Korbang
- Kotdhara
- Kuipadhara
- Kutbang
- Kutkeng
- Kuṭbāṅ
- Kuṭkeṅ
- Kwang
- Kwāṅ
- Lamokhar
- Larmi
- Laṅki̇̄jā Kharka
- Liching
- Lichiṅ
- Lumakharka
- Lungchar
- Lungdun
- Lunggru Thapla
- Lungtung
- Luṅchar
- Luṅtuṅ
- Luṅḍun
- Lyabang
- Lyābāṅ
- Lāmi̇̄ḍā̃ḍā Kharka
- Lārnā Kharka
- Mabang
- Mabāṅ
- Machadung
- Majhing Dhuri
- Majibang
- Makdhara
- Maligung
- Manggararu
- Mangrabang
- Manusara
- Mapkyang
- Mathillo Khonchyang
- Mathillo Righim
- Maulaban
- Maṅrābāṅ
- Meldhara
- Menekor
- Miujakhor
- Mobang
- Mobāṅ
- Molchabang
- Mugadanda
- Mugāḍā̃ḍā
- Mukuṇḍā Kharka
- Mulakharka
- Munapa
- Mundhara
- Mābāṅ
- Māli̇̄guṅ
- Narbang
- Narbāṅ
- Nawābāṅ Kharka
- Nuliyakharka
- Nārbāṅ
- Pakhapani
- Pakher
- Panbang
- Pasidung
- Patiyang
- Phagam
- Phuliban
- Pilbang
- Piwachar
- Pi̇̄ṅgri̇̄ Kharka
- Pobang
- Pobāṅ
- Pokhara
- Pokharadanda
- Pāṅbāṅ
- Ramkatri
- Ranajimpo
- Ranakhore
- Rangri
- Ransi
- Rashi
- Ripukotdanda
- Rulbang
- Rulbāṅ
- Rābāṅ Kharka
- Rā̃gri̇̄
- Rā̃si̇̄
- Sadidanda
- Sajar
- Sakina
- Salbang
- Salkabang
- Sallabari
- Saribang Kharka
- Saribang Kharka
- Sarkholagaun
- Sarpallo
- Seram
- Serikholagaun
- Sermapukholagaun
- Sikum
- Sirbang
- Sirbāṅ
- Siribang
- Siri̇̄bāṅ
- Sirja
- Sirkyang
- Sirkyāṅ
- Sondogaun
- Soṅḍogāũ
- Sraja Dobhan
- Sriman
- Subikhani
- Sunchari
- Syatajempo
- Syeri
- Syuri
- Syuri̇̄
- Sālbāṅ
- Sāḍi̇̄ḍā̃ḍā
- Tabang
- Tallo Righim
- Tallo Rābāṅ Kharka
- Tamali
- Tangbang
- Tangkalayang
- Tangsal
- Taṅbāṅ
- Thakana
- Thakna
- Thali̇̄ Kharka
- Thanabang
- Thankidharagaun
- Tharkharigaun
- Tharna
- Thughopte Kharka
- Tilāchan Kharka
- Titepani
- Totke
- Totkepani
- Trangbang
- Turikharka
- Tābāṅ
- Tārethāplā Kharka
- Ugribang
- Umgha
- Upallithok
- Uribang
- Uri̇̄bāṅ
- Wairatha
- Yupubang
- sulkabang
- Ḍhaṅbāṅ
- Ḍhuṅbāṅ
- Ḍhuṅsi̇̄
- Ḍhā̃ḍ
- Ḍāṅdhārā
- Ṭaṅkalyāṅ
- Ṭaṅsal
- Ṭrāṅbāṅ

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 Sunchhahari

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

### Water

47 rivers and streams; 3 lakes.

- Bhaba Kholā
- Bhaṅgrāṅ Kholā
- Bheḍi̇̄mār Kholā
- Bhitri̇̄bāṅ Kholā
- Bhoṭāne Kholā
- Bibāṅ Kholā
- Bibāṅ Tāl
- Bobāṅ Kholā
- Boṅgāṅ Kholā
- Bāchhyāṅ Kholā
- Chari̇̄pāni̇̄ Kholā
- Chiuri̇̄ Kholā
- Dahar Kholā
- Dhorā Kholā
- Garjābāṅ Kholā
- Ghusbāṅ Kholā
- Golpu Kholā
- Gyām Kholā
- Gājā Kholā
- Gām Kholā
- Gāse Kholā
- Hārjā Kholā
- Jhinjā Kholā
- Jhā̃kri̇̄ Kholā

…and 26 more.

### Hills and mountains

7 mountains.

- Jaljalā Lek · 3,506 m
- Galkoṭ Dhuri̇̄ · 3,295 m
- Nigreni̇̄ Lek · 3,195 m
- Dhurbāṅ Dhuri̇̄ · 2,301 m
- Lumā Dhuri̇̄ · 2,296 m
- Bhām Dhuri̇̄ · 1,736 m
- Rāṅkoṭ Dhuri̇̄ · 1,323 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 Sunchhahari and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Rolpa District, the warmest month is Jun (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (5 °C), after allowing for this place being about 286 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,276 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (401 mm) and the driest Nov (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **March to May and October**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 5 26 

Feb 7 35 

Mar 11 26 

Apr 15 24 

May 18 69 

Jun 20 199 

Jul 18 401 

Aug 18 289 

Sep 16 159 

Oct 13 33 

Nov 9 4 

Dec 6 10 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Sunchhahari

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital थबाङ आधारभूत अस्पताल · Thawang 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.46693&mlon=82.71383#map=17/28.46693/82.71383) 

Bank NationalMF · Thawang 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.49068&mlon=82.71459#map=17/28.49068/82.71459) 

Petrol pump Jeebandan oil suppliers · Pyuthan 30 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.11302&mlon=82.86539#map=17/28.11302/82.86539) 

Hotel Hotel Rolpa Heritage · Rolpa 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.30483&mlon=82.63676#map=17/28.30483/82.63676) 

School श्री जनशेबा माध्यमिक school seram · Sunchhahari 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.38609&mlon=82.81773#map=17/28.38609/82.81773) 

College Libang,Rolpa · Rolpa 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.30399&mlon=82.63729#map=17/28.30399/82.63729) 

Police station Area Police Office, Sulichaur · Sunil Smriti 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.24657&mlon=82.72973#map=17/28.24657/82.72973) 

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 Sunchhahari

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

- Schools35

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 Rolpa District

- Gangadev
- Lungri
- Madi
- Pariwartan
- Rolpa
- Runtigadhi
- Sunil Smriti
- Thawang
- Tribeni

## Quick answers

- Where is Sunchhahari?In Rolpa District, Lumbini Province, Nepal
- What borders Sunchhahari?Bhoome, Lungri, Naubahini, Nisikhola, Rolpa, Sunil Smriti and Thawang
- How many villages are in Sunchhahari?350 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Sunchhahari?Settlements lie between 999 m and 3,495 m
- What is the highest point in Sunchhahari?Jaljalā Lek (3,506 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Sunchhahari?March to May and October
- Where is the nearest hospital to Sunchhahari?थबाङ आधारभूत अस्पताल, about 15 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Sunchhahari?NationalMF, about 16 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Sunchhahari?Jeebandan oil suppliers, about 30 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Sunchhahari?NP0554405 (OCHA common operational dataset)