Kawasoti


Kawasoti is a municipality in Nawalpur District, Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal. It is 31 km west of Bharatpur and east of Butwal, approximately on the middle of Mahendra Highway. The Naryani River flows south of it, and the Mahabharat Range is north of it.
Kawasoti serves as administrative headquarter for Nawalpur district, locating all major government and administrative offices. With rapid increase in population and development of infrastructures, this city is quickly emerging into a business, educational and health hub on the center of the East-West Highway.
It is one of the beautiful city of Nawalpur district and is located at heart of the country. It is also known as a greenery city where 60% of land is occupied by the forests where people can get the fresh air and the bacteria-free water which is important stuff for the human beings.
Nowadays Kawasoti VDC is better known by its new identity, i.e. Kawasoti municipality. People from various castes and religions coexists in this city with majority of them Hindu and some Buddhists and other religions Christians, Muslims. More than 35 private and government schools and 3 colleges provide the education from kindergarten to the master's degree level, which are attended by students as far as 30-km far from the city. City also serves with many local hospitals and pharmacies for health facilities of residents. Kaligandaki, Madhyabindu, Kumari, NabaJeewan, Integrated, Patanjali and Nawalpur are the well serving hospitals of this Municipality. It has got well paved road networks, strong telecommunication, well managed drinking water and drainage system and major sources for shopping and entertainment. In Kawasoti, police, as well as traffic police have been doing their extraordinary job all over the district Nawalpur.
People have been constantly migrating to this city from neighbouring hilly regions and districts for last 30–40 years which was otherwise largely occupied by dense forests that lead to Chitwan National Park directly towards south of this city.

Population {{cite web |title= संक्षिप्त परिचयकावासोती नगरपालिका |url= http://www.kawasotimun.gov.np/ne/node/3 |website= www.kawasotimun.gov.np |publisher= Kawasoti Municipality |accessdate= 5 April 2018 |language= ne}}

The Kawasoti Municipality was established in 2071 by combining the VDCs Kawasoti, Shivmandir, Agyauli, Pithauli.
According to the Website of the Kawasoti Municipality, The population of the Kawasoti Municipality is 62,421.
Male: 28,616
Female: 33,805
Total: 62,421
Total Household: 14,104
Total Land: 114 square Kilometer
Total Wards: 17

Main Casts

, Kshetri, Tharu, Magar, Tamang, Gurung, Kumal, Newar, Bhujel, Bote, Kami, Damai, etc.

Religion

Major: Hindu
Minor: Buddhist, Muslim, Christian

Occupation

OccupationPercentageOccupationPercentage
Agriculture57%Business14.94%
Service19.83%Labour2.78%
Industry5.17%Other0.28%

Water Supply and Sanitation

Water Supply

There exists Kawasoti water supply system constructed under small town that serves the town. There are two sources one is spring and another is stream which is providing water to the small town. There is well type intake in Kerunga khola.

Sanitation

Solid waste management and toilet is the burning issues of this town. A Report prepared on Kawasoti/Shiv mandir Water Supply and Sanitation Project states 69.19% of the population has access to some kind of toilet. Among which about 25% of HH have pit latrines, 13.19% have pit toilets with slab and 30.81% have water sealed latrines. Also 0.1% has modern toilets constructed in their households. However, some places show the deteriorated condition, mainly due to open defecation and mismanagement of waste disposal. Solid waste has been managed to certain extent. SSODECC-Nepal, a local NGO, is working on solid waste management. Generally there is door to collection and disposed off to a dumping site.

Education

Kawasoti has become a well-educated place and has got different educational offers. There are many government as well as private schools, colleges and institutes giving their great contributions in educational sector of whole district Nawalpur.
In 2072, HSEB Science Examination District First and Second have got their local campus Madhyabindu Multiple Campus. It's our proud moment.
Lumbini Aawasiya Madhyamik Vidhyalaya is the only school in the town who is undertaking the training of National Cadet Corps under the supervision of Nepal Army. More importantly Lumbini Aawasiya Madhyamik Vidhyalaya is also having students exchange at international level. Shree Shiva Higher Secondary School is top school of Kawasoti as well as it lies in top 10 school in Nepal and named as model school of Nepal.

Schools


Hospitals and Clinics

Governmental Health posts: 4

Borders

To promote local culture, Kawasoti has four FM radio stations and three local TV channels.

Radio Channels

Tourism
Kawasoti is well known for its tourism destination. There are lot of places to visit around Kawasoti.
1.Amaltari Homestay
2. Devchuli Hills
3. Chitwan National Park
4. Narayani River