Patarasi ( ne, पातारासी) is a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

located in

Jumla District Jumla District ( ne, जुम्ला जिल्ला), is one of the ten districts of the Karnali province of Nepal. This district has Jumla as its headquarters, an area of ; it had populations of 89,427 and 108,921, respectively, in th ...

of Karnali 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 ...

. The total area of the rural municipality is and the total population of the rural municipality as of

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 14,571 individuals. The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards. According to the previous administrative structure Patarasi was a Village development committee before 10 March 2017. Patarasi rural municipality came into existence on 10 March 2017, when

Government of Nepal The Government of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल सरकार) is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006 (became republic in 2008), it was officially known as His Majesty's Government. T ...

restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units (although the number increased to 753 later) as per the new

constitution of Nepal 2015 Constitution of Nepal 2015 ( ne, नेपालको संविधान २०७२) is the present governing Constitution of Nepal. Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the ...

. Chhumchaur, Dillichaur and Patmara Village development committees were incorporated with Patarasi village development committee to form the new Patarasi rural municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Dillichaur.

History

According to previous structure Patarasi was a village development committee in

in the

Karnali Zone Karnali Zone ( ne, खसान अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones located in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. The headquarters of Karnali Zone was Jumla. Karnali Zone was one of the poorest and most remote regions of ...

of north-western

. 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 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...

it had a population of 2279 persons living in 371 individual households.

References

External links

* http://www.patarasimun.gov.np/ * http://citypopulation.info/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm2id=6305
UN map of the municipalities of Jumla District
{{Jumla District Populated places in Jumla District Rural municipalities in Karnali Province Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017