Bakaiya Rural Municipality

Bakaiya is a Rural municipality located within the Makwanpur District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans 393.75 square kilometres (152.03 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 39,620 according to a 2011 Nepal census.[1] [2]

Bakaiya (RM) बकैया गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
Bakaiya (RM) Location Bakaiya (RM) Bakaiya (RM) (Nepal)
Coordinates: 27.333155°N 85.203175°E
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati
District	Makwanpur
Wards	12
Established	10 March 2017
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Chairperson	Mr. Damodar Khanal
• Vice-chairperson	Mrs. Sarla Bolkhe
Area
• Total	393.75 km^2 (152.03 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	39,620
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Headquarter	Chhatiwan
Website	bakaiyamun.gov.np

On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. [3] [4] The previous Dhimal, Chhatiwan, Shikharpur, Manthali and Thingan VDCs were merged to form Bakaiya Rural Municipality. Bakaiya is divided into 12 wards, with Chhatiwan declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

References

1. "District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
2. "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
3. "New local level structure comes into effect from today". www.thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
4. "New local level units come into existence". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

External links

• official website of the rural municipality