Gaushala is a municipality in Mahottari District in Madhesh Province of southeastern Nepal. It was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the Nigaul, Ramnagar and Gaushala village development committees. The municipality occupies 144.73 square kilometres and had a population of around 73,000 at the 2021 national census. It lies along the East-West Highway and is a commercial and transport hub for surrounding rural communities, about 12 kilometres from the Mahendra Highway. Gaushala is divided into 12 wards, uses postal code 45700 and telephone area code 044, and its main languages are Maithili, Nepali and Tharu. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy, with rice, wheat, maize, mustard and sugarcane as the main crops.
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with a total population around 73,000 as per the 2021 national census
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It occupies an area of 144.73 km2
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Gaushala (Nepali: गौशाला ) is a municipality in Mahottari District in Madhesh Province of Nepal.
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is a landlocked country in South Asia
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Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
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