Thaha Municipality

Popularly known as Daman or Palung or Tistung - Palung, Thaha Municipality (थाहा नगरपालिका) is a municipality in Makwanpur District of Bagmati Pradesh in mid Nepal.In Nepali Thaha (थाहा) means to know. It was one of the biggest communist political movement led by hon. Rupchandra Bista(Ru Da Ne). He started the Thaha Movement. And Thaha Municipality is dedicated to his contributions to this region.

Thaha Municipality थाहा नगरपालिका Palung
Municipality
Nickname(s):  Daman Palung
Thaha Municipality Location of Thaha Municipality in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°36′N 85°05′E
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati Pradesh
District	Makwanpur District
Established	18 May 2014
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Mayor	Lab Sher Bista
• Deputy Mayor	Khadga Gopali
Population  (2011)
• Total	41,623
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal Code	44110
Area code(s)	057
Website	http://www.thahamun.gov.np

It is one of the most beautiful tourist destination and best place to live in Bagmati Pradesh. The climate here is so mild. It's never too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. You still can't sleep without a blanket even in summer. Winter is a little bit cold here causing the water to freeze and some snowfall too, usually in the upper hills of the valley. There is no snowfall in the valley since 2063 B.S. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 merging the existing Palung, Daman and Bajrabarahi village development committees. On new Constitution of Nepal, there is provision of one state, 7 provinces and 744 local bodies. Thaha municipality is one local body out of 10 in Makwanpur district, formed by merging existing Thaha municipality, Tistung VDC, Chitlang VDC and Aagra VDC. This municipality is divided in to 12 wards to facilitate in administrative and development activities.[1][2]

Main occupation of people living here is agriculture. They are one of the major exporters of potato and other vegetables (cauliflower, cabbage, brinjal, radish and different varieties of green chillies including capsicum) to big cities like Kathmandu, Hetauda, Narayangadh, Pokhara, Birgunj and even to India. Vegetable cultivation started only after 2050 B.S. Before that people used to cultivate rice, wheat, millet, barley, etc. But now vegetable cultivation have changed the lifestyle of whole valley. It's very hard to see rice, wheat cultivation anymore. Everyone is just busy making money by selling vegetables.

Shikharkot, Thana Bazzar, Bagekhola, Okhar Bazzar, Phant Bazzar and Khalte Bazzar are the major gathering and market place in Thaha Nagar Palika.