Tulsipur, Rapti

Tulsipur is a town and municipality in Dang District in the Rapti Zone of south-western Nepal. It is second largest municipality after Ghorahi. The 2011 Nepal census counted 51,537 persons in 12,214 households. Tulsipur Airport is about two km South of the town center. Paved roads go north into Salyan District, south to the Mahendra Highway in Deukhuri Valley and east to Ghorahi.

Before the unification of Nepal, both were in a small kingdom ruled by the House of Tulsipur that belonged to far western Nepal's Baise Rajya confederation.

Media

To promote local culture Tulsipur has three FM radio stations. Radio Prakriti 93.4 MHz which is the first environment friendly community radio station, Radio Hamro Pahuncha - 89 MHz Which is a Community radio Station, Radio Tulsipur - 100.2 MHz which is a private radio station. In addition there are also two local TV station STV and STN channels which broadcasts local events and news. Along with these, many daily and weekly local newspapers have been publishing. Some newspapers which are publishing from Tulsipur are Gorakshya daily, Rapti Aawaj daily, Tharkot weekly, etc.

Tulsipur

Tulsipur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Balrampur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is on the Gorakhpur-Gonda Loop of North eastern region of Indian Railway its one of the main stations of this loop with bus connection to Koilabas on the Nepal border. Nepal is just 23 km from Tulsipur. The nearest airport is Shravasti airport at a distance of 45 km but it is not an international and regular airport; the nearest international and regular airport is Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport Lucknow at a distance of nearly 200 km. The capital city of state is 190 km from Tulsipur. It is not a municipal board, but this town is much larger than to be a municipal board.

Geography

Tulsipur is located on bank of river Nakti or Siria at 27°33′N 82°25′E / 27.55°N 82.42°E / 27.55; 82.42. It has an average elevation of 109 metres (357 feet).

Tourism and culture

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