Rawa Besi () 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 ...
(
gaunpalika
A gaunpalika ( ) is an administrative division in Nepal. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal), Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development dissolved the existing Village development committee (Nepal), village developm ...
) in
Khotang District
Khotang District () is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2021) of 206,312. of
Koshi Province
Koshi Province () is an autonomous Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal adopted by the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. It covers an area of , about 17.5% of the country's total area. With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its cap ...
of
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
.
According to
Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Rawabesi has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 13369 as of
Census of Nepal 2011.
History
Fulfilling the requirement of the new
Constitution of Nepal 2015
The Constitution of Nepal () is the present governing Constitution of Nepal.
Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the Interim Constitution of 2007. The constitution of Nepal is di ...
, 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 municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
).
Therefore,
Kubhinde,
Kharpa,
Hanchaur,
Lamidanda,
Dubekol and
Dharapani which previously were all separate
Village development committee merged to form this new local level body.
The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in
Kharpa.
Transportation
Lamidanda Airport
Lamidanda Airport is a domestic airport located in Lamidanda, Khotang, Lamidanda, Rawabesi Rural Municipality, Rawabesi, serving Khotang District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, it is t ...
is offering flights to
Kathmandu
Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...
.
References
External links
Official websiteFinal District 1-75 Corrected Last for RAJPATRA
Rural municipalities in Koshi Province
Populated places in Khotang District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
Rural municipalities in Khotang District
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