Gaushala, Mahottari

Gaushala (Nepali: गौशाला ) is a municipality in Mahottari District in Province No. 2 of Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging existing Nigauli, Ramnagar, Gaushala VDCs.[2] It occupies an area of 144.73 km² with a total population of 66,673.[3][4][1]

Guashala गौशाला
Municipality
Guashala Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26.92°N 85.81°E / 26.92; 85.81
Country	Nepal
Development Region	Central
Zone	Janakpur
District	Mahottari District
Province	Province No. 2
Government
• Mayor	Shivanath Mahato
• Deputy Mayor	Aasha Lama
Area
• Total	144.73 km2 (55.88 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	66,671
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Religions	Hindu Muslim Christian
Languages
• Local	Maithili, Tharu, Nepali
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal Code	45700
Area code(s)	044
Website	http://www.gaushalamun.gov.np/

Gaushala Bazar is the second largest business center in the Mahottari district of Nepal. The animal market of the place is well known. Gaushala is a variation of Goshala, a Sanskrit word that means the house of Cow. There is a huge cattle pen named Gaushala containing more than 100 cows. It is protected by the government of Nepal. Ram Lakhan Chaudhary was Ex-VDC chief of Gaushala Bazar.

Everest Chemical, one of the oldest sugarcane mills in Nepal is located in this municipality. A high school, Tribhuvan Higher Secondary School, was established in 2006.