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Rural municipality in Sunsari From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barju (Nepali: बर्जु गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in Sunsari District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 12 municipalities in Sunsari in which 6 are urban and 6 are rural.
Barju
वर्जु गाउँपालिका | |
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Motto(s): सुन्दर, शिक्षित, समृद्ध, सुशासन तथा प्रविधीयुक्त गाउँपालिका निर्माण, हाम्राे अभियान (Nepali: Beautiful, educated, Enriched, good governanced and methodical rural municipality is our campaign) | |
Coordinates: 26.46°N 87.2°E | |
Province | Province No. 1 |
District | Sunsari |
Wards | 6 |
Established | 10 March 2017 |
Government | |
• Type | Rural Council |
• Chairperson | Mr. Anmol Roy(The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
• Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Cricket(The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
Area | |
• Total | 69.43 km2 (26.81 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 36,533 |
• Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
Website | official website |
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Barju has an area of 69.43 square kilometres (26.81 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 36,533 as of Census of Nepal 2021.[1][2][3]
Ramganj Belgachhiya, Amaduwa, Amahibelaha and Chimdi 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 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Amahibelaha.[1][3]
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