Chandrapur

Chandrapur Municipality, locally known as Chandranigahapur or Chapur, is a municipality in Rautahat District of Madhesh Province in Nepal. It lies on the west side of the Bagmati River along the Chure range and was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the village development committees of Chandranigahapur, Judibela, Paurai, Santpur Matioun and Dumariya Matioun. The 2011 census of Nepal counted 72,085 people living in 13,445 households. The town is said to take its name from the Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher, who used to come there to hunt. Tharu people are the largest ethnic group, most residents follow Hinduism, and a memorial park beside the Chandi River is a favourite picnic spot for locals.