# Chitawan Municipality, Parsa District, Madhesh Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/madhesh/parsa/chitawan/ Municipality · Parsa District # Chitawan Chitawan is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Parsa District, Madhesh Province. It covers **146.6 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 147km² - 1mapped services - 339 mtypical elevation ## Where is Chitawan? Chitawan lies in [Parsa District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/madhesh/parsa/), [Madhesh Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/madhesh/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 5 other municipalities: [Chitawan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/makwanpur/chitawan/), [Chitawan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/chitawan/chitawan/), [Madi](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/chitawan/madi/), [Parsa](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/madhesh/parsa/parsa/) and [Thori](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/madhesh/parsa/thori/). By area it is the 308th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 10.4% of [Parsa District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/madhesh/parsa/). The centre of Chitawan is about 76 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 27.4029° N, 84.6229° 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 **2 villages, towns and localities** in Chitawan. - Amuwapost - Sarswatinagar 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 3 rivers and streams. - Bayarghāri Nadi̇̄ - Doharam Kholā - Mājhum Kholā ### Forests and nature 1 wildlife reserve. - 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 Parsa District, the warmest month is May (average 31 °C) and the coolest is Jan (14 °C), after allowing for this place being about 240 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,219 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (335 mm) and the driest Nov (2 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **October to March**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 14 11 Feb 18 18 Mar 23 18 Apr 29 32 May 31 89 Jun 31 198 Jul 28 335 Aug 27 267 Sep 26 194 Oct 23 50 Nov 19 2 Dec 15 4 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 Beautiful Mind, Institute of Psychiatry · Khairahani 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.56653&mlon=84.58335#map=17/27.56653/84.58335) Bank NIC Asia Bank · Rapti 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.60113&mlon=84.64250#map=17/27.60113/84.64250) ATM Himalayan Bank · Ratnanagar 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.58171&mlon=84.49451#map=17/27.58171/84.49451) Petrol pump Baba fuel center · Rapti 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.60176&mlon=84.64198#map=17/27.60176/84.64198) Hotel Machan Wildlife Resort · Parsa 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.53490&mlon=84.73852#map=17/27.53490/84.73852) Mall City Centre Manahari Bazzar · Manahari 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.53936&mlon=84.80815#map=17/27.53936/84.80815) School श्री सरस्वती माध्यमिक बिद्यालय · Thori 5.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.35631&mlon=84.60944#map=17/27.35631/84.60944) College Department of Plant Science, NSS, Tandi · Khairahani 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.59076&mlon=84.60743#map=17/27.59076/84.60743) Police station Someswor Police · Madi 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.43491&mlon=84.41707#map=17/27.43491/84.41707) 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 Chitawan Places mapped inside Chitawan in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Dental clinics1 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 Parsa District - Bahudarmai - Bindabasini - Birgunj - Chhipaharmai - Dhobini - Jagarnathpur - Jirabhawani - Kalikamai - Pakaha Mainpur - Parsa - Parsagadhi - Paterwa Sugauli - Pokhariya - Sakhuwa Prasauni - Thori ## Quick answers - Where is Chitawan?In Parsa District, Madhesh Province, Nepal - What borders Chitawan?Chitawan, Chitawan, Madi, Parsa and Thori - How many villages are in Chitawan?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Chitawan?October to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Chitawan?Beautiful Mind, Institute of Psychiatry, about 19 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Chitawan?NIC Asia Bank, about 22 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Chitawan?Himalayan Bank, about 24 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Chitawan?Baba fuel center, about 22 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Chitawan?NP0234597 (OCHA common operational dataset)