Barahathwa Municipality
Barahathwa
बरहथवा नगरपालिका | ||
|---|---|---|
District Sarlahi | | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Mrs. Kalpana Katwal ((Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)))
Mr. Debananda Mahato ( UTC+5:45 (NST) | |
| Area code | 046 | |
| Website | barhathwamun.gov.np | |
BarahathwaLaukat village development committees (VDCs).[2][3] The center of the municipality is established in the former VDC Office of Barahathwa Bazaar. After merging the four VDCs' populations, it had a total population of 50,424 according to 2011 Nepal census.[4] After the government decision, the number of Nepali municipalities reached 217.[5]
Municipality
The Nepali government announced in 2015 the creation of 26 new municipalities. With this announcement Barahathwa was upgraded to a municipality of Nepal; previously it was merely a proposed municipality. The adjoining villages, or VDCs, of
Laukat and Sundarpur chuhadaba
were merged with Barahathwa to upgrade it to the status of a municipality.
References
- ^ "Govt declares 26 new municipalities". EKantipur. 19 September 2015.
- ^ "26 new Municipalities announced". The Rising Nepal. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
- ^ "Govt announces 26 municipalities" (PDF). The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal: National Population and Housing Census 2011 Archived July 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Govt adds 26 municipalities, 1 sub metropolis". Setopati. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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