Bajura District, a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Martadi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,188 km2 (845 sq mi) and had a population of 108,781 in 2001 and 134,912 in 2011. The district has nine municipalities, 9 Ilakas and 1 constituency areas. The district is situated in Longitude between 81° 10′ 20″ to 81° 48′ 27″ East and Latitude 29° 16′ 21″ to 29° 56′ 56″ North. Geographically the district is divided in three distinct regions from north to south viz. Higher Himalayan Region, Higher Mountain and mid – Mountains. The Higher Himalayan region comprises Saipal Himalayan range; High Mountain region comprises Doha Lekh and Ghori Lekh. Similarly, Mid-Mountain range comprises different ranges of mountains e.g. Badimalika Temple. The District has started from 300m to 6400m in height. The annual rainfall is about 13,433 mm and temperatures vary from 0 °C to 40 °C. The livelihood of more than 80% of the district population depends on agriculture farming, mainly small scale livestock. Due to low level of agricultural production, the majority of the households face acute food shortages for a large part of the year. According to the National Census 2011, the total population of the district is 134,912 comprising 69,106 female (51%) and 65,806 male (49%) residing in 24,908 households. Bajura district has an average population density of around 62 people per square km. The average family size is 5.4. Life expectancy of the people is 58 years. The average literacy rate is about 32%. Bajura district has a multi ethnic composition with Chhetri, Kami, Thakuri, Brahman, Damai, SarkI and Sanyashi. The common language is Nepali (96%) followed by Bhote Sherpa (0.46%) and Tamang (0.42%). Although accessibility to Bajura is very poor, this is improving rapidly. The Government strategy is mainly focused on the connection of VDC headquarters with all-weather motor able roads to SRN or District headquarters. Moreover, the DDC body of Bajura district has given higher priority on rural roads.
The administrative divisions of Nepal are subnational administrative units of Nepal. The first level of country subdivision of Nepal are the provinces. Each province is further subdivided into districts, each district into municipalities and rural municipalities, and each of those municipalities into wards. Before 2015, instead of provinces, Nepal was divided into developmental regions and administrative zones.
Solududhkunda (earlier:Dudhkunda) is the only municipality of Solukhumbu District. Located in Province No. 1 of Nepal. The town of Salleri, which is located within the municipality is the headquarter of Solukhumbu District It was formed in 2014 by merging four VDCs: Salleri, Garma, Loding Tamakhani and Beni and was divided into 9 wards. Total area of the municipality had 254.3 square kilometres (98.2 sq mi) and population of municipality had 20,399 individuals living in 5,368 households.
A Village Development Committee (VDC) in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, similar to municipalities but with greater public-government interaction and administration. There were 3,157 village development committees in Nepal. Each VDC was further divided into several wards depending on the population of the district, the average being nine wards.
Budhiganga Municipality is the newly formed municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March, 2017 as decided by the Cabinet in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015, recommended by the Local Bodies Restructuring Commission (LBRC).
Kailashmandau used to be VDC in Bajura District in the Seti Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 9,586 and had 1818 houses. There is a small market and it is also the junction to many villages of this region.
Bungkot, formerly known as Bungkot VDC, currently falls under Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality ward 7 and ward 8 as Nepal entered in Federalism since 2015. Former Bungkot VDC that was structured with 9 wards as their administrative division is now merged to two wards of Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality. Previous 1,2,3,4 wards of Bungkot VDC now falls in ward 7 of Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality, whose administrative center is Kahbdi-bhanjyang. Whereas, previous 5,6,7,8,9 wards now falls in ward 8 of the Rural Municipality, whose administrative center is Mailung.
Melung is a Rural municipality located within the Dolakha District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans 86.54 square kilometres (33.41 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 20,210 according to a 2011 Nepal census.
Gaunpalika is an administrative division in Nepal. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal) dissolved the existing village development committees and announced the establishment of this new local body. It is a sub-unit of a district. There are currently 460 rural municipalities.
Tolidewal was a VDC in Bajura District. Now this VDC is the part of Triveni Municipality of Sudurpashchim Province. At the time of 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,991 and had 599 houses in the village. Triveni Municipality office is also located here.
Badimalika Municipality is a newly formed municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March, 2017 as decided by the Cabinet in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015
Budhinanda Municipality is the newly formed municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March 2017 in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015 as per the requirement of Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. The name of this municipality is originated after the name of temple and pound Budhinanda.
Chhededaha is a newly formed rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March, 2017 in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015 as per the requirement of Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. The name of this municipality is originated after the name famous taal of this area Chhededha Taal.
Pandav Gufa Rural Municipality is the newly formed rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March 2017, when Government of Nepal decided to restrict all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015.
Triveni is a municipality in Bajura district in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March 2017 as decided by the Cabinet in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015, recommended by the Local Bodies Restructuring Commission (LBRC).
Gaumul is the newly formed rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March 2017, when Government of Nepal announced 744 local level units in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015. It lies to the north west of Martadi.
Himali is the newly formed rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March 2017, when Government of Nepal announced 744 local level units in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015. It lies in the northern region of Bajura District and is also considered to be the remote place of this district.
Swamikartik Khapar is a rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It was formed in March 2017, in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015. 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. It is formed by merging previous VDCs named Sappata, Wai and Jukot.
Jukot used to be a VDC in Bajura District. Now it is the part of Swamikartik Rural Municipality of Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal.
Kalinchowk is a Rural municipality located within the Dolakha District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans 132.49 square kilometres (51.15 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 22,954 according to a 2011 Nepal census.
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