Rangeli

Rangeli is a Municipality and rural market town in Morang District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. This municipality was formed merging existing three villages i.e. Takuwa, Amgachhi and Rangeli itself since May 2014.[1][2]

Rangeli

रङ्गेली
Municipality
Rangeli
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26.46°N 87.49°E / 26.46; 87.49
Country   Nepal
ZoneKosi Zone
DistrictMorang District
Government
 • Typelocal government
 • MayorDilip Kumar Agrawal (NCP)
 • Deputy MayorKeshav Kumari Kharel (NCP)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total12,325
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code
56602
Area code(s)021
Websiteofficial website

At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 12,325 people living in 2463 individual households.[3]

It is in the centre of a fertile agricultural region and there are numerous factories surrounding the town such as brick kilns and rice mills. Rangeli is linked by regular buses to the industrial city of Biratnagar.

Rangeli was once the district headquarters of Morang district, and was in the past a historically important trading town, although its role has declined over the last half a century with the growth of Biratnagar. Nevertheless, it remains an important market centre serving south-eastern Morang district.

Wards

There are 9 wards in Rangeli, made up from wards of the former village development committees as follows:[4]

New wardIncluded VDC / MunicipalityPopulationArea (sq. Km.)
1Baviyavirta (1¸2¸5-9)693017.3
2Baviyavirta (3¸4)769622.12
3Darvesha (4¸7¸9)519217.14
4Rangeli (3)33687.48
5Rangeli (6-8)520311.14
6Rangeli (2¸4)51106.56
7Rangeli (1¸5)70543.38
8Darvesha (1-3)512210.38
9Darvesha (5¸6¸8)633816.28

References
  1. 72 new municipalities announced My Republica
  2. Govt announces 72 new municipalities The Kathmandu Post
  3. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  4. Details of Rangeli Municipality, Rangeli Municipality, retrieved 2020-06-17


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