Janaki Rural Municipality (Kailali District)

Janaki is a rural municipality in Kailali District located in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal.

For rural municipality in Lumbini Province, see Janaki Rural Municipality (Banke District).
Janaki Rural Municipality
जानकी गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
Janaki Rural Municipality
Location in Sudurpashchim Province
Janaki Rural Municipality
Janaki Rural Municipality (Nepal)
Coordinates: 28.559795°N 81.107626°E / 28.559795; 81.107626
Country   Nepal
ProvinceSudurpashchim
DistrictKailali
No. of wards9
Established10 March 2017
Incorporated (VDC)Janakinagar, Pathraiya, Durgauli, and Munuwa
Government
 • ChairpersonGanesh Chaudhary (NUP)
 • Vice-chairpersonLalmati Devi Kathriya (NC)
Area
 • Total107.27 km2 (41.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total48,540
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
HeadquarterDurgauli
WebsiteOfficial Website

The rural municipality was established In 2017 while the Nepalese government restructured 753 new local level units cancelling the old thousands of local level units. The rural municipality was created merging the then four following VDCs: Janakinagar, Pathraiya, Durgauli, and Munuwa.[1][2][3][4] Total area of this rural municipality is 107.27 square kilometres (41.42 sq mi) and it is divided into 9 wards. 48,540 individuals lived here according to the 2011 Nepal census.[2][5]

References
  1. "District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. "New local level structure comes into effect from today". www.thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. "New local level units come into existence". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. "राष्ट्रिय जनगणना २०७८ प्रारम्भिक नतिजा". www.cbs.gov.np. Central Bureau of Statics, Nepal. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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