Rong ( ne, रोङ गाउँपालिका) 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 ...

out of six rural municipalities located in

Ilam District Ilam district ( ne, इलाम जिल्ला) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. It is a Hill district and covers . The 2011 census counted 290,254 population. The municipality of Ilam is the district headquar ...

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 ...

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 10 municipalities in Ilam in which 4 are urban and 6 are rural. According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Rong has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 19135 as of Census of Nepal 2011.

Jirmale Jirmale is a town and Village Development Committee in Ilam District in the Province No. 1 of 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 ...

, Erautar,

Kolbung Kolbung is a town and Village Development Committee in Ilam District in the Province No. 1 of 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

Shantipur Santipur is a city and a municipality in the Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The fort area of this city, also known as Daak-Garh (calling or gathering room) is thought to have been built by Raja Krish ...

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 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 ...

, 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 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in

References

External links

Official website

Final District 1-75 Corrected Last for RAJPATRA
Rural municipalities in Province No. 1 Populated places in Ilam District Rural municipalities in Ilam District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{IlamNP-geo-stub