Bokhim is a former Village Development Committee and now a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

of Bhojpur Municipality in Bhojpur District in the

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of eastern

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. At the

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it had a population of 3,438 persons living in 618 individual households. On 18 May 2014

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declared 72 new municipality within the whole country. Same time Bhojpur Municipality declared, incorporating Bhojpur, Bhaisipankha, Bokhim and Taksar VDCs diving in 11

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

units. Now total population of Bokhim (according to the 2011 Nepal census) is 2,882 individuals and area of the Bokhim is . It is Ward No. 5 of Bhojpur Municipality.

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UN map of the municipalities of Bhojpur District
Populated places in Bhojpur District, Nepal Bhojpur Municipality {{Bhojpur-geo-stub