Besisahar

Besishahar वेसीशहर
Municipality/City
Main street of Besishahar Municipality in the morning.
Besishahar Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°13′52″N 84°22′39″E / 28.23111°N 84.37750°E / 28.23111; 84.37750Coordinates: 28°13′52″N 84°22′39″E / 28.23111°N 84.37750°E / 28.23111; 84.37750
Country	Nepal
Zone	Gandaki Zone
District	Lamjung District
Established	15 May 2014
Area
• Total	44.7 km2 (17.3 sq mi)
Elevation	760 m (2,490 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	26,640
• Density	600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	NST (UTC+5:45)
Postal Code	33600
Area code(s)	066
Climate	Cwa
Website	besishaharmun.gov.np

Besishahar (Nepali: ) is a municipality and the district headquarters of Lamjung District in Gandaki Zone, Nepal. The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur and Chandisthan on 15 May 2014 and have 18 wards. Here are different castes and religions. So they have different culture. This municipality has much natural beauty. Besishahar Municipality has a warm and sub-tropical type of climate with deciduous forest type. Annapurna II, Machhapuchhre, Lamjung Himal are the beautiful scenes that can be viewed from north of Besishahar Municipality.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 26,640 (14,719 female and 11,921 male) people living in 7,238 individual households, including Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur and Chandisthan.

Dumre–Besishahar–Chame Highway connects the city to various parts of Nepal. The proximity of this city from Kathmandu (178.8 km), Pokhara (108.9 km), Bharatpur (104 km), Birganj (234 km), Damauli (59 km) and Prithbinarayan(Gorkha) (76 km). Bus, Micro Bus, Taxi and other land transportation are available to go out of the city, for internal transportation Bus, Minibus and Car/Jeep hiring is available.