Rainas () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Lamjung District Lamjung District ( ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Besisahar as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 167,724. lies in the mid-hills of Nepal spa ...

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region in Southw ...

of central

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. The municipality was declared on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing six VDCs of Eastern Lamjung, Tarkughat, Dhamilikuwa, Chakratirtha, Bhalayakharka, Pyarjung and Mohoriyakot having a total of 73 square km area. The center of this municipality has been established in Tinpiple of Chakratirth VDC. Rainas has a total population of 18,527 and population density of 254 person/km² according to

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

.Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal: National Population and Housing Census 2011
It is named after the historic Rainaskot which was the major strategic fort of the then Lamjung State, a popular and powerful state among the contemporary states of Nepal. Rainas Region consists of many castes braman, chetri, gurung, tamang, bc, etc. (now: Rainas Municipality) has a direct contribution in the foundation of modern Nepal.

Bhakti Thapa Bhakti Thapa Chhetri (; 1741 A.D. Lamjung, Nepal – 1815 A.D.) was a Nepali military commander and administrator in the Kingdom of Nepal. Initially, he served the Kingdom of Lamjung. He is considered one of the national heroes of Nepal. ' ...

, the administrator of Rainas region in the early 1800s showed his bravery in defending Nepal from British imperialism. Hence, the identity of Rainas has been dignified in the glorious history of Nepal. Some famous places include Tinpiple and Satbise.

Municipality

The Government's announcement of additional 26 new municipalities has totaled 217 municipalities in the country. With this announcement Rainas has been upgraded as one of the municipalities of Nepal, previously it was proposed municipality. Adjoining Tarkughat, Dhamilikuwa, Chakratirtha, Bhalayakharka, Pyarjung and Mohoriyakot VDC were merged with Rainas to upgrade it to the municipality.

References

External links

Municipalities in Nepal: their Websites, Official Facebook Page & ICT
# Official website of Rainas Municipality
rainasmun.gov.np
Municipalities in Gandaki Province Populated places in Lamjung District Nepal municipalities established in 2015 {{Lamjung-geo-stub