Kachankawal ( ne, कचनकवल) is a rural municipality out of 7 rural municipalities of
Jhapa District of
Koshi Province of
Nepal. There are total 15 local administrative units in
Jhapa District in which 8 are urban and 7 are rural municipalities.
Kachankawal rural municipality has an area of and total population according to 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 ...
is 39,593. The rural municipality was established merging former
VDCs:
Gherabari
Gherabari ] in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's V ...
,
Pathariya, Nepal, Pathariya,
Kechana
Kechana is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4420 people living in 948 individual hou ...
,
Pathamari,
Baniyani
Baniyani ( Nepali: ''बनियानी'') is a Village Development Committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5043 people residing in 985 individua ...
and
Balubadi.
Mr.Kalendra prasad singh Rajbanshi of Nepali Congress has elected as a chairperson of the rural municipality and Mr. Nawaraj Bhattarai of the Nepal Communist Party Yemale party elected for the vice-chairperson after the results of the local level elections held in Nepal on 27 June 2022.
KachanKawal
Kachankawal ( ne, कचनकवल) is a rural municipality out of 7 rural municipalities of Jhapa District of Koshi Province of Nepal. There are total 15 local administrative units in Jhapa District in which 8 are urban and 7 are rural municip ...
the lowest point of
Nepal, which elevation is 58 m above sea level is located in this rural municipality.
Constituencies
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Parliamentary constituency: Kachankawal RM is a part of
Jhapa 3 parliamentary constituency and Rajendra Prasad Lingden is the
MP of Jhapa 3 who was elected in
2017 Nepalese general election
General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. The election was held alongside the first p ...
, who is the candidate of
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी, lit=National Democratic Party; , ( ne, राप्रपा)) is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist politic ...
.
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Provincial constituency: Kachankawal with
Bhadrapur Municipality
Bhadrapur ( ne, भद्रपुर) is a town and municipality in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of southeastern Nepal. It lies on the banks of the Mechi River, and shares borders with Bihar state, India on the south and West Benga ...
comprises "Jhapa 3 (A)" Provincial constituency and Bashanta Kumar Baniya (
Nepal Communist Party) is the
MLA.
Neighborhoods
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Gherabari
Gherabari ] in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's V ...
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Pathariya, Nepal, Pathariya
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Kechana
Kechana is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4420 people living in 948 individual hou ...
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Pathamari
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Baniyani
Baniyani ( Nepali: ''बनियानी'') is a Village Development Committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5043 people residing in 985 individua ...
*
Balubadi
Demographics
Total population of the Kachankawal RM is 39,593 with 8,742 households, in which 20,832 (51.5%) are female and remaining all 18,761 are male according to 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 ...
. 66% of the total population can read and write which is categorised as "Educated people". The number of educated female is lower than male. Only 56% female of the total female population (20,832) are educated while 76% male are educated.
Major population of the RM is Hinduism follower. 79% of the total population follow Hinduism while Islam is the second largest religion in the RM with 15% follower. Remaining 6% population follow Buddhism, Kirat, Christianity etc. There are castism in Hindus. Hindus are categorised in many casts as follows:
Rajbanshi is the biggest group in the RM so Rajbanshi language is most spoken language with 44% speaker. Nepali is the 2nd most spoken language with 25% speaker. Remaining 31% speaks Urdu,, Maithili,
Surjapuri language
Surjapuri is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in Eastern India including North Bengal, West Bengal, and Banganchal of Eastern Bihar, as well as in Nepal. Among speakers in some regions, it is known as 'Deshi Bhasa'. It possesses similaritie ...
, Santhali, Limbu, tamang etc.
References
Populated places in Jhapa District
Rural municipalities in Koshi Province
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
Rural municipalities in Jhapa District
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