Barahathwa Municipality

Barahathwa[1] is a municipality of the Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of central Nepal. The municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Barahathwa, Murtiya, Hajariya and Laukat village development committees (VDCs).[2][3] The center of the municipality is establish in the former VDC Office of Barahathwa Bazaar. After merging the four VDCs' populations, it had a total population of 50,424 according to 2011 Nepal census.[4] After the government decision, the number of Nepali municipalities reached 217.[5]

This article is about Barahathawa Municipality in Nepal. For other uses, see Barahathawa.
Barahathwa

बरहथवा नगरपालिका
Municipality
Barahathwa
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27.00°N 85.24°E / 27.00; 85.24
Country   Nepal
ZoneJanakpur
DistrictSarlahi District
Government
 • MayorMr. Debananda Mahato (NCP)
 • Deputy MayorMrs. Sitadevi Majhi (NCP)
Area
 • Total107.05 km2 (41.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total69,822
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Area code(s)046
Websitebarhathwamun.gov.np

Municipality

The Nepali government announced in 2015 the creation of 26 new municipalities. With this announcement Barahathwa was upgraded to a municipality of Nepal; previously it was merely a proposed municipality. The adjoining villages, or VDCs, of Barahathwa, Shreepur, Murtiya, Hajariya, Janakinagar and Laukat were merged with Barahathwa to upgrade it to the status of a municipality.

References
  1. "Govt declares 26 new municipalities". EKantipur. 19 September 2015.
  2. "26 new Municipalities announced". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  3. "Govt announces 26 municipalities" (PDF). The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  4. Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal: National Population and Housing Census 2011 Archived July 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Govt adds 26 municipalities, 1 sub metropolis". Setopati. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.


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