Rurukshetra_Rural_Municipality
Rurukshetra Rural Municipality
Rural Municipality in Lumbini, Nepal
Rurukshetra is a Rural municipality located within the Gulmi District of the Lumbini Province of Nepal. The rural municipality spans 67.38 square kilometres (26.02 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 18,581 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 previous Reemuwa, Ruru, Thanpati, Gwadi, Baletaksar and Bamgha VDCs were merged to form Rurukshetra Rural Municipality. Rurukshetra is divided into 6 wards, with Baletaksar declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.