Mechinagar is a municipality in Jhapa District

Jhapa District

Jhapa District, a district of Mechi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Chandragadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,606 km² and has a population of 688,109.-Location:...

, Mechi Zone

Mechi Zone

Mechi and other ethnic groups like Koche and Meche, and hill castes like Bahun and Chhetris.Mechi is divided into four districts:*Ilam District*Jhapa District*Panchthar District*Taplejung District...

, Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

 and is the main entry point from India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 on Nepal's eastern border. Nepal's custom office is in Kankarbhitta , a section of the municipality.

Mechinagar municipality was created by combining Dhulabari

Dhulabari

Dhulabari is a town in Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It is an integral part of Mechinagar municipality. Mechinagar मेचीनगर is a major entry point of eastern Nepal. The main custom office of eastern Nepal is in Kakadvitta another major area of Mechinagar...

  and Kankarbhitta townships.
In the 1991 census

1991 Nepal census

The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,...

it had 37.108 inhabitants, in 2001 (census) 40.060. The estimate for 2005 is 56.173.