Barahathwa Municipality

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Barahathwa
बरहथवा नगरपालिका
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Barahathwa
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°00′N85°14′E / 27.00°N 85.24°E / 27.00; 85.24
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Zone Janakpur
District Sarlahi District
Government
   Mayor Mrs. Kalpana Katwal ((Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist))) Mr. Debananda Mahato (NCP) From 2074 to 2078
   Deputy Mayor Mrs. Sitadevi Majhi (NCP)
Area
  Total107.05 km2 (41.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total69,822
  Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NST)
Area code 046
Website barhathwamun.gov.np

Barahathwa [1] is a municipality of the Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of central Nepal. The municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Barahathwa, Murtiya, Hajariya, sundarpur chuhadwa village development committee su.chu. and Laukat village development committees (VDCs). [2] [3] The center of the municipality is established in the former VDC Office of Barahathwa Bazaar. After merging the four VDCs' populations, it had a total population of 50,424 according to 2011 Nepal census. [4] After the government decision, the number of Nepali municipalities reached 217. [5]

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The Nepali government announced in 2015 the creation of 26 new municipalities. With this announcement Barahathwa was upgraded to a municipality of Nepal; previously it was merely a proposed municipality. The adjoining villages, or VDCs, of Barahathwa, Shreepur, Murtiya, Hajariya, Janakinagar, Laukat and Sundarpur chuhadaba were merged with Barahathwa to upgrade it to the status of a municipality.

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