Jhapa Rural Municipality
Jhapa (Nepali: झापा गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in Jhapa District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 15 municipalities in Jhapa in which 8 are urban and 7 are rural.
Jhapa
झापा गाउँपालिका | |
|---|---|
 Division of Jhapa rural municipality | |
  Jhapa Location in Province No. 1  Jhapa Jhapa (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26.5039°N 87.8696°E | |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Jhapa |
| Wards | 7 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Seat | Taganduba |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr. Jayanarayan Shah (NC) |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Kuntidevi Budhathoki (NCP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 94.12 km2 (36.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 34,601 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Website | official website |
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Jhapa has an area of 94.12 square kilometres (36.34 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 34601 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2]
Kumarkhod, Taganduba and Sharanamati which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).[1]
The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Taganduba.
References
- "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
