Sunkoshi Rural Municipality () is a rural municipality in
Sindhupalchowk District
Sindhupalchok District (or Sindhupalchok, ) is a part of Bagmati Province and one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, with an area of . The district's headquarters is in Chautara. In 2006, 336,478 people resided in 79 village development ...
of
Bagmati Province
Bagmati Province (, ''Bāgmatī pradēśa'') is one of the seven Provinces of Nepal, provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. Bagmati is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest province by area. It is bordered ...
in
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 the
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...
, the total population of the municipality is 16713 and total area of the municipality is
The Rural municipality is divided into 7 wards and the headquarter of the municipality is located at
Pangretar.
The rural municipality was established on March 10, 2017 when
Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development dissolved the existing
village development committees and announced the establishment of this new local body.
,
Kalika,
Thumpakhar,
Sunkhani,
Yamunadanda and
Pangretar VDCs were merged to form the new rural municipality.
References
External links
Official website
Populated places in Sindhupalchowk District
Rural municipalities in Sindhupalchowk District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
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