Kaligandaki Rural Municipality, Gulmi

This article is about a rural municipality in Gulmi district. For other uses, see Kaligandaki.

Kaligandaki is a Rural municipality located in the eastern part of the Gulmi District of the Lumbini Province of Nepal. The rural municipality spans 101.04 square kilometres (39.01 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 18,876 according to the 2011 Nepal census.^[1][2]

Kaligandaki (RM) कालीगण्डकी गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
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Coordinates: 28.05°N 83.55°E / 28.05; 83.55
Country	Nepal
Province	Lumbini
District	Gulmi
Wards	7
Established	10 March 2017
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Chairperson	Mr. Bed Bahadur Thapa
• Vice-chairperson	Mrs. Tara Thapa
• Term of office	(2017 - 2022)
Area
• Total	101.04 km2 (39.01 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,876
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Headquarter	Purtighat
Website	kaligandakimungulmi.gov.np

On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures.^[3][4] The previous Harmichaur, Phoksing, Arbani, Jayakhani, Purtighat, Khadgakot and Bhurtung VDCs were merged to form Kaligandaki Rural Municipality. Kaligandaki is divided into 7 wards, with Purtighat declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.