Surunga

thumb|Surunga Bazaar, Jhapa, Nepal. thumb|Surunga Bazaar on weekly Saturday haat in Jhapa, Nepal. thumb|Surunga Bazaar on weekly Saturday haat in Jhapa, Nepal. thumb|Street shops at Surunga Bazaar on weekly Saturday haat. thumb|Utensils shops at Surunga Bazaar on weekly Saturday haat. thumb|Utensils shops at Surunga Bazaar on weekly Saturday haat. thumb|Street shops at Surunga Bazaar on weekly Saturday haat. thumb|People in Street shops at Surunga Bazaar on weekly Saturday haat.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Surunga
Settlement.other_name: Kanakai
Settlement.native_name: सुरुंगा
Settlement.settlement_type: MUNICIPALITY
Settlement.mapsize: 300px
Settlement.map_caption: Map of the village development committees in Jhapa District
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nepal
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Nepal
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Nepal
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Koshi province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jhapa District
Settlement.population_as_of: 1991
Settlement.population_total: 16,747

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Surunga is a trade center of Jhapa District. It is located in Kankai Municipality in Jhapa District in the Koshi Province of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 16,747 people living in 2996 individual households. Surunga is one of the rapidly developing towns of Jhapa district. It is situated on the bank of the Kankai River (also known as Kankai Mai by the locals).