Gadhawa Rural Municipality

Gadhawa Rural Municipality [1] (Nepali: गढवा गाउँपालिका sometimes गडवा गाउँपालिका) is located in Deukhuri valley of Dang district of Province No. 5, Nepal. This rural municipality was declared on Falgun 12, 2073 Vikram Samvat. It lies from 195 meter to 885 meter above sea level[2]. Former Gadhawa VDC office is the administrative center of Gadhawa Rural Municipality. According to the population census 2068, Gadhawa Rural Municipality has 38592 population where male and female comprises 18489 (47.9%) and 20103 (52.1%) population respectively[3]. During local level restructuring, this rural municipality was formed by annexing former four VDCs named Gobardiya, Gangapraspur,Gadhawa and Koilabas. This Rural Municipality has 358.57 square km area and it has divided into 8 wards. It is surrounded by Arghakhanchi and Kapilvastu district in the east,Rajapur Rural Municipality in the west, Lamahi Municipality and Rapti Rural Municipality in the north and India in the south direction. According to Sharad Puri, a graduate student of Physics, many people there in this RM are poor and living in scarcity of quality food, fresh drinking water and quality education. Although it lies in geographically convenient land, it is still lacking basic infrastructures of development.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gadhawamun.gov.np/
  2. ↑ https://m.facebook.com/notes/gadhawa-rural-municipality-गढवा-गाउँपालिका/संक्षिप्त-परिचय/224773431412837/
  3. ↑ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm2id=5604

Coordinates: 27°46′48″N 82°31′48″E / 27.78000°N 82.53000°E / 27.78000; 82.53000

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