Phedap Rural Municipality
Phedap (Nepali: फेदाप गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of four rural municipality located in Tehrathum District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 6 municipalities in Tehrathum in which 2 are urban and 4 are rural.
Phedap
फेदाप गाउँपालिका | |
|---|---|
  Phedap Location in Province No. 1  Phedap Phedap (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27.15°N 87.62°E | |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Tehrathum |
| Wards | 5 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Rural Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr. Hari Prasad Chongwang (NCP) |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Gita Thapa (NCP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 110.83 km2 (42.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 17,700 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Headquarter | Simle |
| Website | official website |
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Phedap has an area of 110.83 square kilometres (42.79 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 17700 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2][3]
Oyakjung, Jaljale, Simle, Ishibu and Samdu which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).[1][3]
The rural municipality is divided into total 5 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Simle.[1][3]
References
- "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- "फेदाप गाउँपालिकाकाे संक्षिप्त परिचय" [Short introduction of Phedap Rural Municipality]. www.phedapmun.gov.np (in Nepali). Phedap Rural Municipality. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
