Kathauna

Kathauna Bazar
Buddha Chowk at Kathauna Bazar
Buddha Chowk at Kathauna Bazar
Nickname: 
Headquarter of Shambhunath Municipality
Motto: 
Develop as Tourism Center
Kathauna Bazar is located in Nepal
Kathauna Bazar
Kathauna Bazar
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°38′N 86°40′E / 26.63°N 86.67°E / 26.63; 86.67
Country   Nepal
ZoneSagarmatha Zone
DistrictSaptari District
Established2072-03-05
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • LeaderPeshal Sh
Population
 (1991)
 • Total
5,167
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Area code031

Kathauna Bazar is a city in Shambhunath Municipality Ward No. 6, in the Saptari district of Nepal. It is 20 km east of Lahan Municipality, and is the central city of Shambhunath Municipality. Shambhunath municipality's head office is located at Kathauna Bazar. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5167 people, living in 933 individual households.

List of Educational Institutions in Kathauna Bazar

Health center

List of Industries inside Kathauna Bazar

List of Banks in Kathauna

Transport

Road

Buses of all classes (deluxe, air-conditioned, and regular) ply daily between Kathauna and major cities such as Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Birgunj and Kakarbhitta through Mahendra Highway.

Air

Kathauna is reached by Rajbiraj Airport since, a regular scheduled flight has been organized from Rajbiraj, the flight was halted since 2007. See Rajbiraj Airport.