Sinja Rural Municipality

For valley or the historical term, see Sinja Valley.

Sinja (Nepali: सिंजा) is a rural municipality located in Jumla District of Karnali Province of Nepal.^[1][2]

Sinja सिंजा
Rural municipality
Sinja Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29.34°N 82.02°E / 29.34; 82.02
Country	Nepal
Province	Karnali
District	Jumla
No. of wards	6
Established	10 March 2017
Government
• Type	Rural council
• Chairperson	Mr. Deval Singh Rawal (NC)
• Vice-chairperson	Mrs. Janmkanya Khatri (NCP)
Area
• Total	153.29 km2 (59.19 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	12,395
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Headquarters	Narakot
Website	official website

The total area of the rural municipality is 153.29 square kilometres (59.19 sq mi) and the total population of the rural municipality as of 2011 Nepal census is 12,395 individuals. The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards.^[3]

Sinja rural municipality came into existence on 10 March 2017, when Government of Nepal restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units (although the number increased to 753 later) as per the new constitution of Nepal 2015.^[4][5]

Dhapa, Sanigaun and Narakot Village development committees were Incorporated to form the new Sinja rural municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Narakot.^[3]