Swamikartik Rural Municipality

Swamikartik Khapar (Nepali: स्वमिकर्तिक खापर गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Pradesh of Nepal. [1] It was formed in March 2017, in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015.[2] Swamikartik Rural Municipality has an area of 110.55 square kilometres (42.68 sq mi) and the population of this municipality is 12,784. It is the second biggest rural municipality in terms of population and smallest on the basis of area. It is divided into 5 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed municipality is situated at Wai.[3] It is formed by merging previous VDCs named Sappata, Wai and Jukot.[4]

Swamikartik Rural Municipality स्वमिकर्तिक गाउँपालिका
Swamikartik Rural Municipality Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29.48°N 81.75°E
Country	Nepal
Province	Sudurpashchim Pradesh
District	Bajura
Rural Municipality	Swamikartik
No.of wards	5
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Mayor	Chiranjeevi Sahi
• Deputy Mayor	Mima Budha
Area
• Total	110.55 km^2 (42.68 sq mi)
Population  (2017/18)
• Total	12,784
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
• Religion	Hindu
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal code	10600
Headquarter	Wai
Website	http://swamikartikmun.gov.np/official

References

1. "Ministry of Fedral Affairs". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
2. "New local level structure comes into effect from today". The Himalayan Times. March 10, 2017.
3. "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
4. http://mofald.gov.np/sites/default/files/News_Notices/Final%20District%201-75%20Corrected%20Last%20for%20RAJPATRA.pdf