Ramprasad Rai () is one of seven rural municipalities of
Bhojpur District of
Province No. 1
Koshi Province () is an autonomous province of Nepal adopted by the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. It covers an area of , about 17.5% of the country's total area. With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its capital, the province i ...
of
Nepal
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. Of the nine municipalities in Bhojpur District, two are urban and seven are rural.
The municipality is situated in south-west area of the district. The municipality got its name after
Ram Prasad Rai
Ram Prasad Rai ( Nepali: रामप्रसाद राई) (born March 1, 1909 – unknown) was a Nepali revolutionary, guerrilla leader, military theorist and organizer of the Liberation Army in East part of Nepal. Rai was a major figure of ...
who was a democratic warrior.
Ramprasadrai has an area of and total population of the municipality is 18894 as of
Census of Nepal 2011.
The municipality is divided into eight wards.
[
Okhre, Dhodalekhani, Bhulke, Dalgaun, Manebhanjyang, Baikunthe and Basikhola were Incorporated when this new local level body was forming. This new local level body was formed on 10 March 2017, fulfilling the requirement of the new ]Constitution of Nepal 2015
The Constitution of Nepal () is the present governing Constitution of Nepal.
Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the Interim Constitution of 2007. The constitution of Nepal is di ...
, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (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' ...
).
References
Rural municipalities in Koshi Province
Populated places in Bhojpur District, Nepal
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
Rural municipalities in Bhojpur District
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