Taksar is a former
Village Development Committee and now a
neighborhood
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of
Bhojpur Municipality in
Bhojpur District in
Province No. 1
Koshi Province () is an autonomous 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 capital, the province i ...
of eastern
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 ...
. At the
1991 census
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, Taksar had a population of 4,524 persons living in 829 individual households.
On 18 May 2014, the
Government of Nepal
The Government of Nepal () is the central executive authority of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The government is led by the Prime Minister of Nepal, prime minister (K. P. Sharma Oli, K.P. Oli since 15 July 2024) who selects all the o ...
announced the establishment of 72 new municipalities across the country.
At this time, Bhojpur Municipality was established, incorporating
Bhojpur,
Bhaisipankha,
Bokhim and Taksar VDCs, subdivided into eleven
wards.
According to the 2011 Nepal census, 3,350 individuals live in Taksar and it covers an area of . It is now Ward No. 12 of
Bhojpur Municipality.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Bhojpur District
Populated places in Bhojpur District, Nepal
Bhojpur Municipality
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