Koshi ( ne, कोशी गाउँपालिका) is a
rural municipality (
gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in
Sunsari 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
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 ...
. There are a total of 12 municipalities in
Sunsari
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in which 6 are urban and 6 are rural.
According to
Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Koshi has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 43626 as of
Census of Nepal 2011.
Laukahi
Laukahi is a village development committee in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It lies in koshi Gaupalika-01. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the ...
,
Paschim Kasuha
Paschim Kasuha is a village development committee in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone 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 o ...
,
Sripurjabdi
Sripurjabdi is a village development committee in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone 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 S ...
and
Haripur 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
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 ...
).
The rural municipality is divided into total 8 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in
Laukahi
Laukahi is a village development committee in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It lies in koshi Gaupalika-01. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the ...
.
References
External links
Official websiteFinal District 1-75 Corrected Last for RAJPATRA
Rural municipalities in Province No. 1
Populated places in Sunsari District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
Rural municipalities in Sunsari District
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