Harinagara Rural Municipality

Harinagar (Nepali: हरिनगर गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in Sunsari District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 12 municipalities in Sunsari in which 6 are urban and 6 are rural.

Harinagar Rural municipality
हरिनगर गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
Location in Province No. 1
Coordinates: 26.503297°N 87.121947°E / 26.503297; 87.121947
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictSunsari
Wards7
Established10 March 2017
Government
 • TypeRural Council
 • ChairpersonMr. Gafar Ansari Miya (NC)
 • Vice-chairpersonMrs. Rimjhim Kumari Bhagat (NC)
Area
 • Total52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total40,846
 • Density780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
HeadquarterHarinagara
Websiteofficial website

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Harinagara has an area of 52.29 square kilometres (20.19 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 40846 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2]

Ramnagar Bhutaha, Gautampur, Harinagara, Basantapur and Ghuski 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]

The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Harinagara VDC.[1]

References
  1. "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


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