Gauriganj ( ne, गौरिगंज गाउँपालिका) is a
rural municipality (
gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in
Jhapa District of
Province No. 1
Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat Autonomous State, Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan Rashtriya Morcha, Nepal, Khambuwan, Mount Everest, Sagarmatha, Virata, Birat and Koshi River, Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven Provinces of Nepal, 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 Gauriganj has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 33038 as of
Census of Nepal 2011.
,
Mahabhara,
Khajurgachhi and
Gauriganj
Gauriganj is a city, tehsil and administrative headquarters of Amethi district in Faizabad division, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated about 126 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. It is located in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. B ...
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 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in
Gauriganj
Gauriganj is a city, tehsil and administrative headquarters of Amethi district in Faizabad division, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated about 126 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. It is located in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. B ...
.
List of Chairman
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2017–present)
References
External links
Official websiteFinal District 1-75 Corrected Last for RAJPATRA
Rural municipalities in Koshi Province
Populated places in Jhapa District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
Rural municipalities in Jhapa District
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