Jahada (Nepali: जहदा गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of eight rural municipality located in Laxminiya Bazzar Morang District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 17 municipalities in Morang in which 9 are urban and 8 are rural.

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Jahada जहदा गाउँपालिका Laxminiya Bazzar
Rural Municipality
Jahada Location in Province No. 1 Show map of Koshi Province Jahada Jahada (Nepal) Show map of Nepal
Coordinates: 26.39°N 87.35°E / 26.39; 87.35
Province	Province No. 1
District	Morang
Wards	7
Established	10 March 2017
Seat	Majhare
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Chairperson	Mr. Jitendra Prasad Shah (Nepali Congress)
• Vice-chairperson	Mrs. Hanna Soren (Nepali Congress)
Area
• Total	62.38 km2 (24.09 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	41,819
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Website	website

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According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Jahada has an area of 62.38 square kilometres (24.09 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 41819 as of Census of Nepal 2011.^[1][2][3]

Matigachha, Majhare, Sisawanijahada, Pokhariya and Budhanagar 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 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Majhare.^[1][3]