Official Name: | Argha |
Native Name: | अर्घा |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Lumbini Province# Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Lumbini Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Arghakhanchi District |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Total: | 5947 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Blank2: | Hindu |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 28.02°N 83.11°W |
Argha is a Market Center in Sandhikharka Municipality of Arghakhanchi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. Its fort (kot) was the centre of a former Chaubisi kingdom, the Kingdom of Argha, which was annexed to Nepal in 1786.[1] The former village development committee (VDC) was converted into a municipality on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Sandhikharka, Wangla, Narapani, Khanchikot, Keemadada, Argha and Dibharna VDCs.[2] [3] At the 1991 Nepal census, the town had a population of 8,248 living in 1,712 houses.[4] At the 2001 Nepal census, the population was 5,947, of which 60% was literate.[4]