Bahunidanda

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Bahunidanda
Bahunidanda (Nepal)
Coordinates: 27°10′N86°28′E / 27.16°N 86.46°E / 27.16; 86.46 Coordinates: 27°10′N86°28′E / 27.16°N 86.46°E / 27.16; 86.46
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Province Pradesh Ek
District Khotang District
Municipal area Halesi Tuwachung
WardWard No. 1
Population
 (1991)
  Total2,365
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Bahunidanda is a town (previously a village development committee) in Halesi Tuwachung municipal area in Khotang District of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,365 persons living in 401 individual households. [1]

Bahunidanda was incorporated with Halesi Tuwachung in 2017 when the government of Nepal decided to restructure to the old local level body. [2]

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References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  2. "New local level units come into existence". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.