Dodhara-Chandani Municipality

Mahakali Municipality (Dodhara-Chandani )
Mahakali Municipality (Dodhara-Chandani ); माहाकाली नगरपालिकामा; दोधारा-चाँदनी नगरपालिका
	Municipality
	Mahakali Municipality (Dodhara-Chandani ) Location in Nepal
	Coordinates(Dodhara-Chandani): 28°54′3″N80°5′13″E / 28.90083°N 80.08694°E Coordinates: 28°54′3″N80°5′13″E / 28.90083°N 80.08694°E
Country	Nepal
Regions	Far-Western
Zone	Mahakali Zone
District	Kanchanpur District
Government
• Type	Local Level Government
• Mayor	Bir Bahadur Sunar
Population (2011) [1]
• Total	39,253
	2011 Nepal census
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Area code(s)	+977-99
Website	http://www.dodharachadanimun.gov.np/

Last updated March 25, 2019

Mahakali Municipality in Nepali माहाकाली नगरपालिकामा (Dodhara-Chandani) is a municipality in Kanchanpur District in the Mahakali Zone of south-western Nepal. The new municipality was formed by merging two existing villages—Dodhara and Chandani—on 18 May 2014.^[2]^[3] The office of the municipality is that of the former Dodhara village development committee.

A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.

Kanchanpur District (Nepali: कञ्चनपुर जिल्लाListen , a part of Province No. 7 in Terai plain, is one of seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Bhimdatta as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,610 square kilometres and had a population of 134,868 in 2001 and 171,304 in 2011. It is located in southern-west of Nepal. It is bordered with Kailali district in east, Dadeldhura district in north and with modern-day india in south and west.

Mahakali is one of the fourteen zones located in the Far-Western Development Region of Nepal, covering an area of 6,205 km² in the most western part of the country. It stretches along Nepal's far western border with India, marked by the Kali River or Mahakali River, which originates from Limpiyadhura, a disputed location for whether or not the Tri-country border point of Nepal and India with China.

Population

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Mahakali Municipality had a population of 19,703 and 19,550 people living in 3,732 and 3,660 individual households respectively.^[1] Now it had a total population of 39,253 people living in 7,392 individual households.Lot of people of Dodhara and Chandani are migrated from Hill Region who have their own casts, languages and way of living. Most people are migrated from Dadeldhura, Baitadi, Bajhang, Bajura, Doti etc districts following their own traditional festivals and other celebrations.

Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and villages of each district. The data included statistics on population size, households, sex and age distribution, place of birth, residence characteristics, literacy, marital status, religion, language spoken, caste/ethnic group, economically active population, education, number of children, employment status, and occupation.

Dodhara is a village development committee in Kanchanpur District in the Mahakali Zone of south-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 12,385 people living in 2240 individual households. Mainy Brahmins, ksheris mostly western community. The main Language is Doteli.

Chandani is a village development committee in Kanchanpur District in the Mahakali Zone of south-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 12,385 people living in 2240 individual households.Mainy Brahmins, ksheris mostly western community. The main Language is Doteli.

Education

The Bhanu Higher Multiple Campus is the only Bachelor level campus at Mahakali Municipality . There are many government schools located at every wards. The Laxmi Higher Secondary, Sardha Saraswoti Higher Secondary School are the higher educational institutions. And many Primary and Secondary schools are affiliated from Government of Nepal and Community. Few Private schools such as Nobel Secondary School, Dhurba Tara Secondary School, Sun Shine Secondary School, Himalayan Academy English medium School etc are also providing education to the pupils of this municipality. Education of this municipality is flourishing and somehow satisfied.

The Government of Nepal, or Nepal Government, is the executive body and the central government of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the monarchy, it was officially known as His Majesty's Government

A community is a small or large social unit that has something in common, such as norms, religion, values, or identity. Communities often share a sense of place that is situated in a given geographical area or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community. People tend to define those social ties as important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties (micro-level), "community" may also refer to large group affiliations, such as national communities, international communities, and virtual communities.

Tourism of Mahakali Municipality

[] Mahakali Municipality is a good destination for sightseeing. Dodhara Chandani Suspension Bridge. is the Asia's longest suspense bridge and famous bridge of the world. It is about 1496.5 m long over Mahakali river. It is the bridge connecting both sides of Mahakali River and connecting the Dodhara-Chandani Municipality to kanchanpur district. There are lot of beautiful community based nurseries and grounds. There is a new four line bridge is going to be built by the government of Nepal.

Communication

Ncell, Ntc are the ,main Telecommunication . Both Ncell and NTC has provided 3G connection and ntc has spreed it broadband( adsl) Connections to consumers .

Health

There is a main health post in this area. It is in the central part of the municipality named Mahakali Municipality Health Post. There are two other Sub-Health Post in this municipality. After elected new local election 2075 there are ward clinics are constructing at every ward in this municipality.

To access every people's health of the area there are many private clinics are established.

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References

1 2 "National Population and Housing Census 2011(Ward Level)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-26. Retrieved November 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
↑ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
↑ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2014-06-10.

External links

District Development Committee, Kanchanpur
News website of Dodhara : https://pappukalapani.wordpress.com
None government organization of Mahakali : SSEDA

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[National_Population_and_Housing_Census_2011(Ward_Level)-1] 1 2 "National Population and Housing Census 2011(Ward Level)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-26. Retrieved November 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-10.

[3] "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2014-06-10.