Ghorahi (Nepali: घोराही उपमहानगरपालिका) is the largest sub-metropolitan city by area and population of Lumbini Province.

Located in the Inner Terai region, it lies 413 kilometres (257 mi) south-west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu and is one of the Counter Magnets being developed as an alternative centre of growth to help ease the migration and population explosion in the Kathmandu metropolitan area[citation needed].

It is the largest city of the Rapti Zone and is surrounded by the Sivalik Hills to the south and Mahabharata Range to the north.

The city is known for its landscape and slightly milder climate and provides a gateway to the surrounding regions of Rolpa, Pyuthan, Salyan and Rukum.

It is well-connected and close to tourist destinations such as Bardiya National Park in the west, Surkhet in the north-west, Thawang, Rara Lake, and the Hindu holy lands of Swargadwari and along with the Hindu temples as Pandaveshwor and Ambikeshwori.

It is one of the excellent sub-metropolitan cities based on minimum conditions and performance measurements in the assessment by the local government and financial experts of the commission in the fiscal year 2072/73 V.S.

Hand axes and other artifacts dated to early Paleolithic (1.8 million to 100,000 years ago) have been found in alluvial deposits along the Babai River in Dang Valley.

There are more numerous, less ancient archeological sites dating to the Upper Paleolithic/Late Pleistocene (about 50,000 to 10,000 years ago).

[5][6] Throughout historic times, and probably earlier, the Dang and Deukhuri valleys were home to indigenous Tharu people.

The House of Tulsipur ruled one of the largest Taluqs of Oudh, India, which then included the Dang and Deukhuri Valleys.

Since Dang was somewhat higher, cooler, better-drained and therefore had fewer instances of malaria than most of Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal, it was settled to some extent by Shah and Rana courtiers and other Nepalese.

Deukhuri was more of a Tharu enclave until DDT was introduced to control the malaria-bearing Anopheles mosquito in the 1950s.

Heavy local transport can be seen between Ghorahi and its major suburbs which include Tulsipur, Lamahi, Dharna, Narayanpur, and Saudiyar.

However, many have been significantly impacted by the rain storms and deteriorated, making travel longer than likely expected.

Distance between major towns and Ghorahi: Dang Airport is situated at Tarigaon, 23 kilometres (14 mi) from the city.

A new international level airport construction was proposed by the government in 2010 but it was halted due to political turbulence.

Of these, 71.5% spoke Nepali, 23.5% Tharu, 2.2% Kham, 1.0% Magar, 0.7% Hindi, 0.2% Awadhi, 0.2% Maithili, 0.2% Newar, 0.2% Urdu and 0.1% Bhojpuri as their first language.

[9] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 25.5% were Tharu, 23.7% Chhetri, 17.5% Magar, 12.8% Hill Brahmin, 6.5% Kami, 2.9% Damai/Dholi, 2.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 2.4% Sarki, 1.4% Newar, 1.2% Thakuri, 0.8% Musalman, 0.5% other Dalit, 0.4% Badi, 0.4% Halwai, 0.3% Gurung, 0.2% Gaine, 0.1% Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 0.1% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Kori, 0.1% Kumal 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Yadav and 0.1% others.

Many other private and community level hospitals are providing 24-hour service to the dwellers of Rapti region there.

An equal number of private water suppliers are also supplying deepwater to selected households in different regions.

It has managed its sanitation project with a landfill site in its 9th ward; Karautee Danda, with the total area of 95 ha (230 acres).

Specifically, the LFS is in ward 9, approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) outside the urban area of Ghorahi.