What is "kohalpur"

Kohalpur (कोहलपुर) is a municipality in Banke District in the Bheri Zone in mid-western Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 merging the existing two Village Development Committees i.e. Rajhena and Kohalpur. The town is in East-West highway and one of the fastest developing places in Nepal. A neighboring city Nepalgunj is on South (16 km), with Ghorahi city (135 km) to west in Dang District and further 6 km is the Indian border. In fact it is a growing city in the western region of Nepal. It has a junction to diverse the roadway transport to east, west, north and south from the city.

It is accessible by air (Nepalgunj Airport) and by road (535 km west of Kathmandu).

This town shouldn't be confused with another city Kolhapur, situated in Maharashtra state, India.