Maijogmai Rural Municipality
Maijogmai (Nepali: माईजोगमाई गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in Ilam District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 10 municipalities in Ilam in which 4 are urban and 6 are rural.
Maijogmai
माईजोगमाई गाउँपालिका | |
|---|---|
  Maijogmai Location in Province No. 1  Maijogmai Maijogmai (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26.95°N 88.04°E | |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Ilam |
| Wards | 6 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Seat | Naya Bazar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr. Kush Bahadur Thebe (CPN (UML)) |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Prabina Rai (Nepali Congress) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 172.41 km2 (66.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 21,044 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Website | official website |
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Maijogmai has an area of 172.41 square kilometres (66.57 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 21044 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2] To form this new Rural Municipality Namsaling,Naya Bazar, Jogmai, Soyang and Pyang were merged, which previously were all separate Village development committee (local level administrative villages).[1] 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 6 wards and the Naya Bazar is the Headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality.
References
- "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
