Palhinandan
Palhinandan Rural Municipality
Rural Municipality in Lumbini, Nepal
Palhinandan is a Rural municipality located within the Parasi District of the Lumbini Province of Nepal. The rural municipality spans 44.67 square kilometres (17.25 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 35,429 according to a 2011 Nepal census.[1][2]
On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures.[3][4] The 6 previous VDCs, namely Rampurwa, Harpur, Kusma, Palhi, Gairami and Sanai (some portion excluded), were merged to form Palhinandan Rural Municipality. Palhinandan is divided into 6 wards, with Kusma declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.