Shuklagandaki

Shuklagandaki is a municipality in Tanahu District of Gandaki Province in the Western Development Region of Nepal. It was formed on 18 May 2014 by merging three village development committees, Dhorphirdi, Dulegaunda and Khairenitar, and on 5 March 2017 the committees of Thaprek, Raipur and Phirphire were added. The municipality has a high religious value: Dhorbarahi, one of the most famous goddess temples, lies a few kilometres from Dhorphirdi, and several small Hindu temples, a church and a mosque are found within it. The Prithvi Highway runs through it. At the 2011 census it had a population of 37,109, rising to 45,456 after the 2017 additions.