Himali Rural Municipality

Himali Rural Municipality
Himali Rural Municipality; हमाली गाउपालिका
	Himali Rural Municipality Location in Nepal
	Coordinates: 29.53°N 81.67°E
Country	Nepal
Province	Sudurpashchim Pradesh
District	Bajura
Municipality	Himali Rural Municipality
No.of wards	7
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Mayor	Govinda Bahadur Malla
• Deputy Mayor	Chandra Devi Buddha
Area
• Total	830.33 km2 (320.59 sq mi)
Population (2017/18)
• Total	9,214
• Religion	Hindu, Buddhist
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal code	10600
Headquarter	Baddhu
Website	http://himalimun.gov.np/

Himali (Nepali: हमाली गाउँपालिका) is the newly formed rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Pradesh 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.[1] It lies in the northern region of Bajura District and is also considered to be the remote place of this district.

History

It is formed by merging previous VDCs named Bichhiya, Rugin and ward no. 1 to 7 of Baddhu VDC.[2] There is snowfall throughout the year in this region.

Himali Rural Municipality has an area of 830.33 square kilometres (320.59 sq mi) and the population of this municipality is 9,214. It is the second smallest rural municipality of Bajura district in terms of population. It is divided into 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed municipality is situated at Baddhu.

References

"New local level structure comes into effect from today". The Himalayan Times. March 10, 2017.
"Final District 1-75 Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). mofald.gov.np (in Nepali).

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[1] "New local level structure comes into effect from today". The Himalayan Times. March 10, 2017.

[2] "Final District 1-75 Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). mofald.gov.np (in Nepali).