Tilottama, Rupandehi
Tilottama Municipality
तिलोत्तमा नगरपालिका | |
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Tilottama Skyline | |
| Etymology: Sanskrit word "Tila" meaning for sesame seed or a bit and "uttama" means better or higher | |
| Motto(s): Clean Tilottama, Green Tilottama | |
| Coordinates: 27°37′48″N 83°27′36″E / 27.63000°N 83.46000°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Lumbini Province |
| District | Rupandehi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ram Krishna Khand (NC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Jageshwar Devi Chaudhary (NCP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 126.2 km2 (48.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 149,657 |
| • Density | 1,186/km2 (3,070/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Bahun Chhetri Magar Newar Tharu Kami |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| A.O.P. (Area Postal Code) | 32903 |
| Website | http://www.tilottamamun.gov.np/en |
Tilottama Municipality is a municipality in Lumbini Province in western Nepal. Tilottama has a city population of 149,657 as per 2021 AD Nepal census. It is one of the tri-cities of the rapidly growing Butwal-Tilottama-Bhairahawa urban agglomeration primarily based on the Siddhartha Highway in West Nepal with a total urban agglomerated population of 421,018. It was formed on May 8, 2014; when the Government of Nepal announced additional an 72 municipalities, including previously proposed 37 municipalities in line with the Local Self-governance Act, 1999. On July 25, 2014; demarcation of the municipality was done along with the assignment of new wards. The original demarcation included six existing VDCs viz. Shankarnagar VDC, Aanandaban VDC, Karahiya VDC, Makrahar VDC, Tikuligadh VDC & Madhabaliya VDC. Gangoliya VDC was later merged into the municipality on 17 September 2015.
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 6894 people living in 1193 individual households. As of the 2021 Nepal census, the total city population was 149,657.