Nepalgunj

Nepalgunj, also spelled Nepalganj, is a sub-metropolitan city in Banke District of Lumbini Province in the Terai plains of western Nepal, near the southern border with the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It lies 153 kilometres south-west of Ghorahi and 16 kilometres south of Kohalpur, where the Mahendra Highway runs. Several neighbouring village development committees, including Udayapur, Bhawaniyapur, Piprahawa and Jaispur, were added to make it a sub-metropolitan city in 2015. The 2011 census recorded a notably mixed population, with Nepali, Awadhi and Urdu all widely spoken, and about 70 percent Hindu and 28 percent Muslim residents. Nepalgunj Airport, known as Ranjha Airport, serves the mid-west and is the gateway for pilgrims travelling to Mount Kailash through Humla, and a new terminal building was completed in November 2025.