Bhokraha Rural Municipality

Bhokraha or Bhokraha Narsingh (Nepali: भोक्राहा गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in Sunsari District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 12 municipalities in Sunsari in which 6 are urban and 6 are rural.

Bhokraha

भोक्राहा गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
Bhokraha
Location in Province No. 1
Bhokraha
Bhokraha (Nepal)
Coordinates: 26.63°N 87.1°E / 26.63; 87.1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictSunsari
Wards8
Established10 March 2017
Government
 • TypeRural Council
 • ChairpersonMr. Mahendra Prasad Yadav (FSFN)
 • Vice-chairpersonMrs. Punam Kumari Mehata (FSFN)
Area
 • Total63.37 km2 (24.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total40,509
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
HeadquarterBhokraha
Websiteofficial website

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Bhokraha has an area of 63.37 square kilometres (24.47 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 40,509 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2][3]

Bhokraha and Narsingh which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).[1][3]

The rural municipality is divided into total 8 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Bhokraha.[1][3]

References
  1. "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "भोक्राहा नरसिंह गाउँपालिकाको आधिकारिक वेबसाइटमा तपाईलाई स्वागत छ।" [You are welcome to official website of Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality.]. www.bhokrahamun.gov.np (in Nepali). Bhokraha Rural Municipality. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


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