Rawabesi Rural Municipality

Rawa Besi (Nepali: रावा बेसी गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) in Khotang District of Koshi Province of Nepal.

Rawa Besi रावा बेसी गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
Rawa Besi Location in Province No. 1 Show map of Koshi Province Rawa Besi Rawa Besi (Nepal) Show map of Nepal
Coordinates: 27.27°N 86.70°E / 27.27; 86.70
Province	Province No. 1
District	Khotang
Wards	6
Established	10 March 2017
Seat	Kubhinde
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Chairperson	Mr. Fatik K. Shrestha (Nepali Congress)
• Vice-chairperson	Mrs. Koushila Gurung (NCP)
Area
• Total	97.44 km2 (37.62 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	13,369
• Density	137.2/km2 (355.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Website	official website

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Rawabesi has an area of 97.44 square kilometres (37.62 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 13369 as of Census of Nepal 2011.^[1][2]

History

Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).^[1] Therefore, Kubhinde, Kharpa, Hanchaur, Lamidanda, Dubekol and Dharapani which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body.^[1]

The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Kharpa.^[1]

Transportation

Lamidanda Airport is offering flights to Kathmandu.^[3]