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(Redirected from Jhapa rural municipality) This article is about rural municipality. For district, see Jhapa District. For other uses, see Jhapa (disambiguation). Rural Municipality in Koshi Province, Nepal
Jhapa झापा गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
Jhapa is located in Koshi ProvinceJhapaJhapaLocation in Province No. 1Show map of Koshi ProvinceJhapa is located in NepalJhapaJhapaJhapa (Nepal)Show map of Nepal
Coordinates: 26°30′14″N 87°52′11″E / 26.5039°N 87.8696°E / 26.5039; 87.8696
ProvinceKoshi Province
DistrictJhapa
Wards7
Established10 March 2017
SeatTaganduba
Government
 • TypeVillage Council
 • ChairpersonMr. Jayanarayan Shah (NC)
 • Vice-chairpersonMrs. Anju Devi Thapaliya (NC)
Area
 • Total94.12 km (36.34 sq mi)
Population
 • Total34,601
 • Density370/km (950/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Websiteofficial website

Jhapa (Nepali: झापा गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in Jhapa District of Koshi Province of Nepal. There are a total of 15 municipalities in Jhapa in which 8 are urban and 7 are rural.

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.

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).

The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Taganduba.

References

  1. ^ "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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Jhapa District
Headquarters: Bhadrapur
Rural municipalities
Municipalities
Municipalities of Koshi Province
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