Gadhimai

Gadhimai is a municipality in Rautahat District of the former Narayani Zone of Nepal. It lies on the border of Rautahat District, where the Bagmati River separates it from Sarlahi District. It was formed from six former village development committees, Gamhariya, Samanpur, Sangrampur, Bahuwa Madanpur, Dharampur and Bariyarpur, shortly before the 2017 Nepalese local elections. The municipality lies on the plain of the Terai, where the land is fertile and rich in humus. It has a humid tropical climate, with mean annual rainfall of 2,214 millimetres between 1995 and 2006, more than 80 percent of it falling in the monsoon from June to September, and average temperatures from about 8 degrees Celsius in January to about 35 degrees in June.