Sanphebagar

Sanphebagar is a municipality in Achham District in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was established on 18 May 2014 by merging a group of former village development committees, among them Baijinath, Jalapadevi, Siddheswar, Mastamandau, Nawathana, Bhagyeshwar, Ridikot and Chandika. The town lies on the bank of the Budhi Ganga River and is about 25 kilometres north of Mangalsen, the district headquarters. The 2011 census recorded a population of 34,128, of whom most spoke Achhami as their first language and nearly all were Hindu; Chhetri were the largest ethnic or caste group. Sanphebagar Airport, out of operation from 2005, saw flights resume on 14 October 2018 through an initiative of a former mayor, Kul Bahadur Kunwar.