Simara (also Pipra Simra or Simara or Simra; Nepali: पिपरा सिमरा or सिमरा) is a rapidly growing city in Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city in Bara District in Province No. 2 of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form a new municipality Gadhimai Municipality on 18 May 2014. Similarly, on 10 March 2017 Gadhimai Municipality, Inarwasira, Amlekhganj, as well as parts of Manharwa, Haraiya and Rampur Tokani were merged to form new Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city. Aauraha, Panitanki, Ramban, Narbasti, Bajani, Purwatol etc are the villages in Simara. Auraha and Purwatol lie in the east, Bajani in the south, Hulas in north and Ramban & Narbasti in the west. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 23,835 people living in 5,253 individual households. But population have increased dramatically in last decade with real state boom and rising numbers of new business in the city so the current population might be estimated as high 40,000 according to local journals.

Climate

The highest temperature ever recorded in Simara was 42.8 °C on 6 June 1979, while the lowest temperature ever recorded was 1.0 °C on 23 January 1985.

Transportation

Simara is connected with Birgunj in the South and with Pathlaiya in the north by the Tribhuvan Highway. Simara Airport was established on 4 July 1958.

Media

To promote local culture, giving peoples news and entertainment, Simara has three FM radio stations. Radio Simara (106 MHz) is a community radio station and a new FM station is going to be on air soon called Radio Samarpan 98.2 MHz which is testing its transmission.