Jahada Rural Municipality
Jahada (Nepali: जहदा गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of eight rural municipality located in Laxminiya Bazzar Morang District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 17 municipalities in Morang in which 9 are urban and 8 are rural.
Jahada
जहदा गाउँपालिका Laxminiya Bazzar | |
|---|---|
  Jahada Location in Province No. 1  Jahada Jahada (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26.39°N 87.35°E | |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Morang |
| Wards | 7 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Seat | Majhare |
| Government | |
| • Type | Rural Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr. Jitendra Prasad Shah (Nepali Congress) |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Hanna Soren (Nepali Congress) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 62.38 km2 (24.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 41,819 |
| • Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Website | website |
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Jahada has an area of 62.38 square kilometres (24.09 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 41819 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2][3]
Matigachha, Majhare, Sisawanijahada, Pokhariya and Budhanagar 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][3]
The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Majhare.[1][3]
References
- "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "गाउँपालिका संक्षिप्त परिचय" [introduction of Rural Municipality]. www.jahadamun.gov.np (in Nepali). Jahada Rural Municipality. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
