Gauribas

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|other_name = Gauridanda (गौरीडाँडा)

|native_name = गौरीबास

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|settlement_type = Settlement in Bardibas Municipality

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|subdivision_name2 = Mahottari District

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|subdivision_name3 = Bardibas Municipality

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|subdivision_name4 = Ward No. 3

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Gauribas (Nepali: गौरीबास), commonly known as Gauridanda (Nepali: गौरीडाँडा), is a settlement and a ward (Ward No. 3) within Bardibas Municipality in Mahottari District, Madhesh Province of south-eastern Nepal. Previously, it was recognized as a Village Development Committee (VDC). Following the restructuring of local levels in Nepal, Gauribas was integrated into Bardibas Municipality.

As of the 2021 Nepal census, the population of Ward No. 3 (Gauribas) is 8,603.

Historically, at the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Gauribas VDC had a population of 4,308 people living in 810 individual households.{{Citation|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |magazine=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |accessdate=15 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=12 October 2008 }}.

Media

To promote local culture, Gauribas has one FM radio station, Radio Sungava 107 MHZ, which is a community radio station.

References