Holiya is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
Banke District
Banke District ( ne, बाँके जिल्ला , a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, located in midwestern Nepal with Nepalganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a popul ...
in
Lumbini Province
Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...
of southwestern
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. At the time of the
1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,
they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...
, it had a population of 4,558, and there were 797 houses in the town.
Government
The purpose of Village Development Committees is to organise village people structurally at a local level and to create a partnership between the community and the public sector for an improved service delivery system. A VDC has status as an autonomous institution and has authority for interacting with the more centralised institutions of governance in Nepal. Therefore, the VDC gives village people an element of control and responsibility in development. It also ensures proper utilization and distribution of state funds and a greater interaction between government officials, NGOs, and other agencies. The village development committees within a given area discuss education, water supply, basic health, sanitation, and income. They also monitor and record progress, which is displayed in census data.
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In VDCs there is one elected chief, usually elected by at least an 80% majority. From each ward, there is also an elected chief and along four members either elected or nominated.
References
Populated places in Banke District
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