Chapakot ( ne, चापाकोट) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the southeastern part of

Syangja District Syangja District ( ne, स्याङ्जा जिल्ला; ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Syangja bazaar (a small town) as its district headquarters, covers an area of ...

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...

of central

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. The new municipality was formed by merging three existing villages— Ratnapur, Kuwakot and Chapakot—on 18 May 2014. In 12 March 2017 The government implemented the new local administrative structure consisting of 744 local units. With the implementation of this new local administrative structure, the old structure will no longer be in existence. According to the new structure, VDCs will be replaced with village councils. Newly merged VDCs are Sankhar, Sekham, Ward no. 8 of Pakbadi & Ward no. (1-3, 5-9) of Malyangkot. The office of the municipality is that of the former Chapakot Municipality.

Population

At the time of the

2011 Nepal Census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...

Chapakot village had a population of 4,702 people living in 1087 individual households. But now had a total population of 12,742 people living in 2,902 individual households when Ratnapur and Kuwakot VDCs merged with Chapakot. Now 26,042 peoples are living in an area of 120.59 km². It is on a plain surrounded by hills. To the east of Chapakot is Tanahun; to the west is Galyang. The

Kali Gandaki The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and the Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area amounts to , most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, it is notabl ...

divides it from

Palpa District Palpa District ( ne, पाल्पा जिल्ला, a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tansen as its headquarters, covers an area of and ha ...

to the south, and to the north is

Waling Waling (वालिङ नगरपालिका) Municipality, the heart of Syangja, is a small valley covered with hills formed on 27 January 1997 by merging of the then three VDCs namely Waling, Dhanubase and Pekhubaaghkhor. It is a town ...

Biruwa Biruwa ( ne, बिरुवा) is a Village council in Syangja District in Gandaki Province, central Nepal. History On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structure consisting of 744 local units. With t ...

Harinas Harinas ( ne, हरिनास) is a Village council in Syangja District in Gandaki Province, central Nepal. History On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structure consisting of 744 local units. With ...

References

{{Syangja District Populated places in Syangja District Municipalities of Syangja District Syangja District Municipalities in Gandaki Province