Sandakpur

Sandakpur Rural Municipality

Sandakpur Rural Municipality

Rural Municipality in Province No. 1, Nepal

For a mountain peak located in eastern part of the rural municipality, see Sandakphu.

Sandakpur (Nepali: सन्दकपुर गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in Ilam District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 10 municipalities in Ilam in which 4 are urban and 6 are rural.

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According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Sandakpur has an area of 156.01 square kilometres (60.24 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 16065 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2]

Maimajhuwa, Mabu, Sulubung, Maipokhari and Jamuna 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 5 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Maipokhari.

References

  1. [1]
    "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Introduction" [Introduction]. www.sandakpurmun.gov.np (in Nepali). Sandakpur Rural Municipality. Retrieved 15 April 2018.


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