List of gaunpalikas of Nepal

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Gaunpalika (Nepali: गाउँपालिका, romanized: gāunpālikā, lit. 'Rural municipal') is the newly formed lower administrative division in Nepal.^[1][2] This administrative division was established in 2017, and replaced the existing village development committees. There are currently 460 rural municipalities.^[3][4]

This is a list of the Gaunpalika or rural municipalities of Nepal published by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration.^[5][6][7]

Gaunpalika
Also known as: Rural Municipality
Category	Rural Municipality
Location	Nepal
Number	460 (as of 2017)
Populations	59,946 - 538
Areas	2,419.64 square kilometres (934.23 sq mi) - 15.48 square kilometres (5.98 sq mi)
Government	Rural Council
Subdivisions	Wards

Classification[]

The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has classified the local units into four grades based on infrastructure and social development.^[8][9]

Classification		Type	Quantity
	Grade 'A'	Very remote	145
	Grade 'B'	Remote	174
	Grade 'C'	Fairly accessible	141
	Grade 'D'	Accessible	0

Province No. 1[]

There are a total of 88 Rural municipalities in Province No. 1 spread in 14 districts.

• Sunkoshi is a name of three rural municipalities in Nepal, in which one Sunkoshi rural municipality falls in Province No. 1: Sunkoshi, Okhaldhunga
• Likhu is a name of rural municipality for three rural municipalities in Nepal, in which 1 Likhu falls in Province No. 1 in Okhaldhunga District (see:Likhu, Okhaldhunga). There is another rural municipality Likhu Pike in Solukhumbu District.
• Miklajung is a name for two different rural municipality in Nepal, and both are in Province No. 1 (Miklajung, Morang and Miklajung, Panchthar)
• Yangbarak in Taplejung is now Pathibhara Yangwarak, since there is another Yangwarak in Panchthar
• Phaktanglung is the largest rural municipality in Province No. 1 with an area of 1,858.51 square kilometres (717.57 sq mi) and Katahari is the smallest rural municipality with an area of 51.59 square kilometres (19.92 sq mi).
• Kamal is the most populous rural municipality in Province No. 1 with 44,365 individuals and Likhu Pike is the least populous rural municipality with 5,534 peoples.

No.	Name	Nepali	Districts	Population (2011)	Area (KM2)	Density	Website
1	Hatuwagadhi	हतुवागढी	Bhojpur	20,404	142.61	143	[1]
2	Ramprasad Rai	रामप्रसाद राई	Bhojpur	18,848	158.83	119	[2]
3	Aamchok	आमचोक	Bhojpur	18,720	184.89	101	[3]
4	Tyamke Maiyum	ट्याम्केमैयुम	Bhojpur	17,911	173.41	103	[4]
5	Arun	अरुण	Bhojpur	17,687	154.76	114	[5]
6	Pauwadungma	पौवादुङमा	Bhojpur	15,394	118.86	130	[6]
7	Salpasilichho	साल्पासिलिछो	Bhojpur	13,111	193.33	68	[7]
8	Sangurigadhi	सागुरीगढी	Dhankuta	21,536	166.44	129	[8]
9	Chaubise	चौविसे	Dhankuta	19,283	147.6	131	[9]
10	Sahidbhumi	सहीदभूमि	Dhankuta	18,760	99.55	188	[10]
11	Chhathar Jorpati	छथर जोरपाटी	Dhankuta	18,322	102.83	178	[11]
12	Phakphokthum	फाकफोकथुम	Ilam	21,619	108.79	199	[12]
13	Mai Jogmai	माईजोगमाई	Ilam	21,044	172.41	122	[13]
14	Chulachuli	चुलाचुली	Ilam	20,820	108.46	192	[14]
15	Rong	रोङ	Ilam	19,135	155.06	123	[15]
16	Mangsebung	माङसेबुङ	Ilam	18,503	142.41	130	[16]
17	Sandakpur	सन्दकपुर	Ilam	16,065	156.01	103	[17]
18	Kamal	कमल	Jhapa	44,365	104.57	424	[18]
19	Buddha Shanti	बुद्धशान्ति	Jhapa	41,615	79.78	522	[19]
20	Kachankawal	कचनकवल	Jhapa	39,535	109.45	361	[20]
21	Jhapa	झापा	Jhapa	34,601	94.12	368	[21]
22	Barhadashi	बाह्रदशी	Jhapa	33,653	88.44	381	[22]
23	Gaurigunj	गौरीगंज	Jhapa	33,038	101.35	326	[23]
24	Haldibari	हल्दीवारी	Jhapa	29,223	117.34	249	[24]
25	Khotehang	खोटेहाङ	Khotang	22,474	164.09	137	[25]
26	Diprung	दिप्रुङ	Khotang	20,175	136.59	148	[26]
27	Aiselukharka	ऐसेलुखर्क	Khotang	16,097	125.93	128	[27]
28	Jantedhunga	जन्तेढुंगा	Khotang	15,444	128.68	120	[28]
29	Kepilasgadhi	केपिलासगढी	Khotang	15,288	191.55	80	[29]
30	Barahpokhari	बराहपोखरी	Khotang	14,349	141.57	101	[30]
31	Rawabesi	रावाबेसी	Khotang	13,369	97.44	137	[31]
32	Sakela	साकेला	Khotang	11,594	79.99	145	[32]
33	Jahada	जहदा	Morang	41,819	62.38	670	[33]
34	Budi Ganga	बुढीगंगा	Morang	41,586	56.41	737	[34]
35	Katahari	कटहरी	Morang	39,775	51.59	771	[35]
36	Dhanpalthan	धनपालथान	Morang	39,394	70.26	561	[36]
37	Kanepokhari	कानेपोखरी	Morang	38,033	82.83	459	[37]
38	Gramthan	ग्रामथान	Morang	32,717	71.84	455	[38]
39	Kerabari	केरावारी	Morang	30,431	219.83	138	[39]
40	Miklajung	मिक्लाजुङ	Morang	28,708	158.98	181	[40]
41	Manebhanjyang	मानेभञ्ज्याङ	Okhaldhunga	21,082	146.61	144	[41]
42	Champadevi	चम्पादेवी	Okhaldhunga	18,613	126.91	147	[42]
43	Sunkoshi	सुनकोशी	Okhaldhunga	18,550	143.75	129	[43]
44	Molung	मोलुङ	Okhaldhunga	15,862	112	142	[44]
45	Chisankhugadhi	चिसंखुगढी	Okhaldhunga	15,196	126.91	120	[45]
46	Khiji Demba	खिजिदेम्बा	Okhaldhunga	15,106	179.77	84	[46]
47	Likhu	लिखु	Okhaldhunga	14,049	88.03	160	[47]
48	Miklajung	मिक्लाजुङ	Panchthar	24,715	166.61	148	[48]
49	Phalgunanda	फाल्गुनन्द	Panchthar	24,060	107.53	224	[49]
50	Hilihang	हिलिहाङ	Panchthar	22,913	123.01	186	[50]
51	Phalelung	फालेलुङ	Panchthar	21,884	207.14	106	[51]
52	Yangwarak	याङवरक	Panchthar	18,281	208.63	88	[52]
53	Kummayak	कुम्मायक	Panchthar	16,118	129.3	125	[53]
54	Tumbewa	तुम्बेवा	Panchthar	13,419	117.34	114	[54]
55	Makalu	मकालु	Sankhuwasabha	13,204	519.45	25	[55]
56	Silichong	सिलीचोङ	Sankhuwasabha	12,174	293.26	42	[56]
57	Sabhapokhari	सभापोखरी	Sankhuwasabha	10,492	222.08	47	[57]
58	Chichila	चिचिला	Sankhuwasabha	7,065	88.63	80	[58]
59	Bhot Khola	भोटखोला	Sankhuwasabha	6,576	639.01	10	[59]
60	Dudhakaushika	दुधकौशिका	Solukhumbu	19,672	144.6	136	[60]
61	Necha Salyan	नेचासल्यान	Solukhumbu	16,129	94.49	171	[61]
62	Dudhkoshi	दुधकोशी	Solukhumbu	13,414	167.67	80	[62]
63	Maha Kulung	महाकुलुङ	Solukhumbu	11,452	648.05	18	[63]
64	Sotang	सोताङ	Solukhumbu	9,530	103	93	[64]
65	Khumbu Pasang Lhamu	खुम्बु पासाङल्हमु	Solukhumbu	8,989	1,539.11	6	[65]
66	Likhu Pike	लिखुपिके	Solukhumbu	5,534	124.38	44	[66]
67	Koshi	कोशी	Sunsari	43,626	75.98	574	[67]
68	Harinagara	हरिनगरा	Sunsari	40,846	52.29	781	[68]
69	Bhokraha	भोक्राहा	Sunsari	40,509	63.37	639	[69]
70	Dewanganj	देवानगन्ज	Sunsari	35,073	53.56	655	[70]
71	Gadhi	गढी	Sunsari	34,852	67.7	515	[71]
72	Barju	बर्जु	Sunsari	31,178	69.43	449	[72]
73	Sirijangha	सिरीजङ्घा	Taplejung	15,806	481.09	33	[73]
74	Aathrai Triveni	आठराई त्रिवेणी	Taplejung	13,784	88.83	155	[74]
75	Pathibhara Yangwarak	पाथीभरा याङवरक	Taplejung	13,591	93.76	145	[75]
76	Meringden	मेरिङदेन	Taplejung	12,548	210.33	60	[76]
77	Sidingwa	सिदिङ्वा	Taplejung	12,099	206	59	[77]
78	Phaktanglung	फक्ताङलुङ	Taplejung	12,017	1,858.51	6	[78]
79	Maiwa Khola	मैवाखोला	Taplejung	11,037	138	80	[79]
80	Mikwa Khola	मिक्वाखोला	Taplejung	9,160	442.96	21	[80]
81	Aathrai	आठराई	Terhathum	21,747	167.07	130	[81]
82	Phedap	फेदाप	Terhathum	17,700	110.83	160	[82]
83	Chhathar	छथर	Terhathum	16,715	133.93	125	[83]
84	Menchayayem	मेन्छयायेम	Terhathum	8,078	70.09	115	[84]
85	Udayapurgadhi	उदयपुरगढी	Udayapur	30,731	209.51	147	[85]
86	Rautamai	रौतामाई	Udayapur	23,481	204.08	115	[86]
87	Tapli	ताप्ली	Udayapur	14,562	119.11	122	[87]
88	Limchungbung	लिम्चुङबुङ	Udayapur	11,992	106.8	112	[88]

Province No. 2[]

There are total 59 rural municipalities in Province No. 2 spread in 8 districts.

• Thori is the largest rural municipality in Province No. 2 with an area of 128.67 square kilometres (49.68 sq mi) and Parwanipur is the smallest rural municipality with an area of 15.48 square kilometres (5.98 sq mi).
• Sonama is the most populous rural municipality in Province No. 2 with 38,747 individuals and Bishnupur in Siraha District is the least populous rural municipality with 18,522 peoples.
• There are three Aurahi in Province No. 2 in which two Aurahi, Dhanusa & Aurahi, Siraha are rural & Aurahi, Mahottari is urban municipality
• There is a Bishnu in Sarlahi District and two Bishnupur (Bishnupur, Saptari) & (Bishnupur, Siraha)
• Prasauni and Sakhuwa Prasauni are two different rural municipality. (Not to be confused between Prasauni and Parsauni)

#	Name	Nepali	District	Population (2011)	Area (km2)	Density	Website
1	Suwarna	सुवर्ण	Bara	29,602	36.84	804
2	Adarsha Kotwal	आदर्श कोतवाल	Bara	27,552	36.25	760
3	Baragadhi	बारागढी	Bara	27,191	39.29	692
4	Pheta	फेटा	Bara	26,722	23.65	1130
5	Karaiyamai	करैयामाई	Bara	26,400	47.69	554
6	Prasauni	प्रसौनी	Bara	24,478	20.24	1209
7	Bishrampur	विश्रामपुर	Bara	23,785	19.81	1201
8	Devtal	देवताल	Bara	23,223	23.31	996
9	Parwanipur	परवानीपुर	Bara	22,787	15.48	1472
10	Lakshminya	लक्ष्मीनिया	Dhanusha	28,251	30.66	921
11	Mukhiyapatti Musharniya	मुखियापट्टी मुसहरमिया	Dhanusha	25,482	26.84	949
12	Janaknandini	जनकनन्दिनी	Dhanusha	25,085	27.62	908
13	Aurahi	औरही	Dhanusha	22,578	25.56	883
14	Bateshwar	बटेश्वर	Dhanusha	21,530	31.66	680
15	Dhanauji	धनौजी	Dhanusha	21,395	22.13	967
16	Sonama	सोनमा	Mahottari	38,747	57.77	671
17	Pipra	पिपरा	Mahottari	35,524	39.98	889
18	Samsi	साम्सी	Mahottari	33,791	21.57	1567
19	Ekdara	एकडारा	Mahottari	29,315	24	1221
20	Mahottari	महोत्तरी	Mahottari	27,430	28.08	977
21	Sakhuwa Prasauni	सखुवा प्रसौनी	Parsa	32,448	74.27	437
22	Jagarnathpur	जगरनाथपुर	Parsa	31,591	45.29	698
23	Chhipahrmai	छिपहरमाई	Parsa	26,671	24.9	1071
24	Bindabasini	बिन्दबासिनी	Parsa	24,468	26.04	940
25	Paterwa Sugauli	पटेर्वा सुगौली	Parsa	23,901	64.29	372
26	Jirabhawani	जिरा भवानी	Parsa	22,765	55.39	411
27	Kalikamai	कालिकामाई	Parsa	21,131	24.66	857
28	Pakaha Mainpur	पकाहा मैनपुर	Parsa	20,717	21.26	974
29	Thori	ठोरी	Parsa	20,296	128.67	158
30	Dhobini	धोबीनी	Parsa	19,911	24.41	816
31	Durga Bhagawati	दुर्गा भगवती	Rautahat	22,599	19.8	1141
32	Yamunamai	यमुनामाई	Rautahat	23,885	16.7	1430
33	Tilathi Koiladi	तिलाठी कोईलाडी	Saptari	32,389	32.91	984
34	Rajgadh	राजगढ	Saptari	29,459	47.9	615
35	Chhinnamasta	छिन्नमस्ता	Saptari	28,370	38.71	733
36	Mahadeva	महादेवा	Saptari	28,542	34.97	816
37	Agnisaira Krishnasavaran	अग्निसाइर कृष्णासवरन	Saptari	27,129	103.08	263
38	Rupani	रुपनी	Saptari	26,387	56.08	471
39	Balan-Bihul	बलान-बिहुल	Saptari	26,068	33.04	789
40	Bishnupur	बिष्णुपुर	Saptari	23,035	37	623
41	Tirhut	तिरहुत	Saptari	22,010	37.81	582
42	Chandranagar	चन्द्रनगर	Sarlahi	33,328	47.5	702
43	Brahampuri	ब्रह्मपुरी	Sarlahi	29,832	33.89	880
44	Ramnagar	रामनगर	Sarlahi	28,727	26.44	1086
45	Chakraghatta	चक्रघट्टा	Sarlahi	27,952	25.16	1111
46	Kaudena	कौडेना	Sarlahi	26,085	25.33	1030
47	Dhankaul	धनकौल	Sarlahi	24,788	45.94	540
48	Bishnu	विष्णु	Sarlahi	24,748	28.09	881
49	Basbariya	बसबरिया	Sarlahi	23,568	29.42	801
50	Parsa	पर्सा	Sarlahi	21,650	23.12	936
51	Laksmipur Patari	लक्ष्मीपुर पतारी	Siraha	26,913	42.33	636
52	Bariyarpatti	बरियारपट्टी	Siraha	25,256	37.72	670
53	Aurahi	औरही	Siraha	23,046	35.87	642
54	Arnama	अर्नमा	Siraha	22,912	37.76	607
55	Bhagwanpur	भगवानपुर	Siraha	20,957	33.03	634
56	Naraha	नरहा	Siraha	19,369	29.28	662
57	Navarajpur	नवराजपुर	Siraha	19,019	32.18	591
58	Sakhuwanankarkatti	सखुवानान्कारकट्टी	Siraha	18,558	32.84	565
59	Bishnupur	विष्णुपुर	Siraha	18,522	26.34	703

Bagmati Province[]

There are 74 rural municipalities in Bagmati Province spread in 13 districts.

• Gosainkunda is the largest rural municipality in Bagmati Province with an area of 978.77 square kilometres (377.91 sq mi) and Benighat Rorang is the smallest rural municipality with an area of 29.17 square kilometres (11.26 sq mi) of the Bagmati Province.
• Bakaiya is the most populous rural municipality in Bagmati Province with 39,620 individuals and Aamachhodingmo is the least populous rural municipality with 5,490 peoples.
• Bagmati Rural Municipality is the name of two rural municipalities located in Lalitpur District and Makwanpur District (viz. Bagmati, Lalitpur and Bagmati, Makwanpur), while there is a municipality in Province No. 2 (Bagmati, Sarlahi).
• Likhu, Nuwakot & Likhu Tamakoshi are two different rural municipalities in Bagmati Province, while Likhu, Okhaldhunga and Likhu Pike are located in Province No. 1
• Sunkoshi, Sindhupalchok and Sunkoshi, Sindhuli are located in Bagmati Province while Sunkoshi, Okhaldhunga is in Province No. 1.
• There are two Tripurasundari rural municipalities in Bagmati Province (viz. Tripurasundari, Dhading and Tripurasundari, Sindhupalchok). For a municipality in Karnali Province, see Tripurasundari, Dolpa.

#	Name	Nepali	District	Population (2011)	Area (km2)	Density	Website
1	Ichchhakamana	इच्छाकामना	Chitwan	25,012	166.73	150
2	Thakre	थाक्रे	Dhading	32,914	96.41	341
3	Benighat Rorang	बेनीघाट रोराङ्ग	Dhading	31,475	29.17	1,079
4	Galchhi	गल्छी	Dhading	27,784	129.08	215
5	Gajuri	गजुरी	Dhading	27,084	138.66	195
6	Jwalamukhi	ज्वालामूखी	Dhading	23,966	114.04	210
7	Siddhalekh	सिद्धलेक	Dhading	23,729	106.09	224
8	Tripurasundari	त्रिपुरासुन्दरी	Dhading	22,960	271.23	85
9	Gangajamuna	गङ्गाजमुना	Dhading	21,784	152.72	143
10	Netrawati Dabjong	नेत्रावती डबजोङ	Dhading	12,870	181.78	71
11	Khaniyabas	खनियाबास	Dhading	12,749	120.8	106
12	Rubi Valley	रुवी भ्याली	Dhading	9,565	401.85	24
13	Kalinchok	कालिन्चोक	Dolakha	22,954	132.49	173
14	Melung	मेलुङ	Dolakha	20,210	86.54	234
15	Shailung	शैलुङ	Dolakha	20,098	128.67	156
16	Baiteshwar	वैतेश्वर	Dolakha	19,876	80.41	247
17	Tamakoshi	तामाकोशी	Dolakha	18,849	153.06	123
18	Bigu	विगु	Dolakha	18,449	663.2	28
19	Gaurishankar	गौरिशंकर	Dolakha	17,062	681.39	25
20	Roshi	रोशी	Kavrepalanchok	28,746	176	163
21	Temal	तेमाल	Kavrepalanchok	22,712	89	255
22	Chaunri Deurali	चौंरी देउराली	Kavrepalanchok	20,829	98	213
23	Bhumlu	भुम्लु	Kavrepalanchok	18,916	91	208
24	Mahabharat	महाभारत	Kavrepalanchok	18,283	186	98
25	Bethanchok	बेथानचोक	Kavrepalanchok	16,777	101	166
26	Khanikhola	खानीखोला	Kavrepalanchok	14,398	132	109
27	Bagmati	बाग्मती	Lalitpur	13,049	111.49	117
28	Konjyosom	कोन्ज्योसोम	Lalitpur	9,709	44.16	220
29	Mahankal	महाङ्काल	Lalitpur	9,453	82.44	115
30	Bakaiya	बकैया	Makwanpur	39,620	393.75	101
31	Manahari	मनहरी	Makwanpur	38,399	199.52	192
32	Bagmati	बाग्मती	Makwanpur	30,495	311.79	98
33	Raksirang	राक्सिराङ्ग	Makwanpur	26,192	226.7	116
34	Makawanpurgadhi	मकवानपुरगढी	Makwanpur	25,322	148.72	170
35	Kailash	कैलाश	Makwanpur	23,922	204.48	117
36	Bhimphedi	भीमफेदी	Makwanpur	23,344	245.27	95
37	Indrasarowar	ईन्द्र सरोवर	Makwanpur	17,585	97.34	181
38	Kakani	ककनी	Nuwakot	27,073	87.97	308
39	Dupcheshwar	दुप्चेश्वर	Nuwakot	22,106	131.62	168
40	Shivapuri	शिवपुरी	Nuwakot	20,769	101.5	205
41	Tadi	तादी	Nuwakot	17,932	69.8	257
42	Likhu	लिखु	Nuwakot	16,852	47.88	352
43	Suryagadhi	सुर्यगढी	Nuwakot	16,800	49.09	342
44	Panchakanya	पञ्चकन्या	Nuwakot	15,945	53.47	298
45	Tarkeshwar	तारकेश्वर	Nuwakot	15,719	72.62	216
46	Kispang	किस्पाङ	Nuwakot	14,861	82.57	180
47	Myagang	म्यागङ	Nuwakot	13,479	97.83	138
48	Khandadevi	खाँडादेवी	Ramechhap	25,761	150.7	171
49	Likhu Tamakoshi	लिखु तामाकोशी	Ramechhap	23,109	124.51	186
50	Doramba	दोरम्बा	Ramechhap	22,738	140.88	161
51	Gokulganga	गोकुलगङ्गा	Ramechhap	20,058	198.4	101
52	Sunapati	सुनापती	Ramechhap	18,141	86.98	209
53	Umakunda	उमाकुण्ड	Ramechhap	17,601	451.99	39
54	Naukunda	नौकुण्ड	Rasuwa	11,824	126.99	93
55	Kalika	कालिका	Rasuwa	9,421	192.54	49
56	Uttargaya	उत्तरगया	Rasuwa	8,255	104.51	79
57	Gosaikund	गोसाईकुण्ड	Rasuwa	7,143	978.77	7
58	Aamachodingmo	आमाछोदिङमो	Rasuwa	5,490	682.23	8
59	Tinpatan	तिनपाटन	Sindhuli	38,395	280.26	137
60	Marin	मरिण	Sindhuli	27,822	324.55	86
61	Hariharpurgadhi	हरिहरपुरगढी	Sindhuli	27,727	343.9	81
62	Sunkoshi	सुनकोशी	Sindhuli	21,473	154.68	139
63	Golanjor	गोलन्जोर	Sindhuli	19,329	184.13	105
64	Phikkal	फिक्कल	Sindhuli	16,968	186.06	91
65	Ghyanglekh	घ्याङलेख	Sindhuli	13,661	166.77	82
66	Indrawati	ईन्द्रावती	Sindhupalchok	28,517	105.09	271
67	Panchpokhari Thangpal	पाँचपोखरी थाङपाल	Sindhupalchok	20,860	187.29	111
68	Jugal	जुगल	Sindhupalchok	19,231	273.62	70
69	Balephi	बलेफी	Sindhupalchok	18,909	61.6	307
70	Helambu	हेलम्बु	Sindhupalchok	17,671	287.26	62
71	Bhotekoshi	भोटेकोशी	Sindhupalchok	17,156	278.31	62
72	Sunkoshi	सुनकोशी	Sindhupalchok	16,713	72.84	229
73	Lisankhu Pakhar	लिसंखु पाखर	Sindhupalchok	15,155	98.61	154
74	Tripurasundari	त्रिपुरासुन्दरी	Sindhupalchok	15,062	94.28	160

Gandaki Province[]

There are 58 rural municipalities in Gandaki Province spread in 11 districts.

• Chumanuwri is the largest rural municipality with an area of 1,648.65 square kilometres (636.55 sq mi), while Annapurna (Kaski) is the smallest rural municipality with an area of 33.33 square kilometres (12.87 sq mi).
• Badigad is the most populous rural municipality with population of 30,906, while Narpa Bhumi is the least populous rural municipality with only 538 people.
• There are two Annapurna Rural Municipalities in Gandaki province, one in Kaski District (Annapurna Rural Municipality, Kaski and another in Myagdi District (Annapurna Rural Municipality, Myagdi).
• Gandaki Province has a rural municipality with same name (Gandaki Rural Municipality)
• There are two Kaligandaki Rural Municipalities, one in Syangja District (Kaligandaki, Syangja) of Gandaki Province while other Kaligandaki belongs to Lumbini Province (Kaligandaki, Gulmi).
• There are two Malika Rural Municipalities, one in Myagdi District (Malika, Myagdi) of Gandaki Province while other Malika belongs to Lumbini Province (Malika, Gulmi).

#	Name	Nepali	District	Population (2011)	Area (km2)	Density	Website
1	Badigad	वडिगाड	Baglung	30,906	178.68	173	[89]
2	Kathekhola	काठेखोला	Baglung	22,865	82.88	276	[90]
3	Nisikhola	निसीखोला	Baglung	20,611	244.37	84	[91]
4	Bareng	वरेङ	Baglung	14,492	75.28	193	[92]
5	Tarakhola	ताराखोला	Baglung	12,009	129.53	93	[93]
6	Tamankhola	तमानखोला	Baglung	10,659	178.02	60	[94]
7	Shahid Lakhan	शहिद लखन	Gorkha	27,555	148.97	185	[95]
8	Barpak Sulikot	बारपाक सुलीकोट	Gorkha	25,389	200.63	127	[96]
9	Aarughat	आरूघाट	Gorkha	23,887	160.79	149	[97]
10	Siranchowk	सिरानचोक	Gorkha	23,628	121.66	194	[98]
11	Gandaki	गण्डकी	Gorkha	23,253	123.86	188
12	Bhimsen Thapa	भिमसेनथापा	Gorkha	22,033	101.25	218	[99]
13	Ajirkot	अजिरकोट	Gorkha	14,802	198.05	75	[100]
14	Dharche	धार्चे	Gorkha	13,229	651.52	20
15	Tsum Nubri	चुम नुव्री	Gorkha	6,923	1,648.65	4
16	Annapurna	अन्नपुर्ण	Kaski	23,417	33.33	703	[101]
17	Machhapuchhre	माछापुछ्रे	Kaski	21,868	544.58	40	[102]
18	Madi	मादी	Kaski	18,153	563	32	[103]
19	Rupa	रूपा	Kaski	14,519	94.81	153	[104]
20	Marsyangdi	मर्स्याङदी	Lamjung	18,759	597.25	31	[105]
21	Dordi	दोर्दी	Lamjung	18,392	350.93	52	[106]
22	Dudhpokhari	दूधपोखरी	Lamjung	10,975	153.33	72	[107]
23	Kwaholasothar	क्व्होलासोथार	Lamjung	10,032	175.37	57
24	Manang Disyang	मनाङ डिस्याङ	Manang	2,222	694.63	3	[108]
25	Nason	नासोँ	Manang	1,938	709.58	3	[109]
26	Chame	चामे	Manang	1,129	78.86	14	[110]
27	Narpa Bhumi	नार्पा भूमी	Manang	538	837.54	1	[111]
28	Gharapjhong	घरपझोङ	Mustang	3,029	316	10	[112]
29	Thasang	थासाङ	Mustang	2,912	289	10	[113]
30	Baragung Muktichhetra	बारागुङ मुक्तिक्षेत्र	Mustang	2,330	886	3	[114]
31	Lomanthang	लोमन्थाङ	Mustang	1,899	727	3	[115]
32	Lo-Ghekar Damodarkunda	लो-घेकर दामोदरकुण्ड	Mustang	1,423	1,344	1	[116]
33	Malika	मालिका	Myagdi	19,458	147	132	[117]
34	Mangala	मंगला	Myagdi	16,286	89	183	[118]
35	Raghuganga	रघुगंगा	Myagdi	15,753	379	42	[119]
36	Dhaulagiri	धवलागिरी	Myagdi	14,104	1,037	14	[120]
37	Annapurna	अन्नपुर्ण	Myagdi	13,315	556.41	24	[121]
38	Hupsekot	हुप्सेकोट	Nawalpur	25,065	189.21	132	[122]
39	Binayi Triveni	विनयी त्रिवेणी	Nawalpur	25,036	267.13	94	[123]
40	Bulingtar	बुलिङटार	Nawalpur	19,122	147.68	129	[124]
41	Baudikali	बौदीकाली	Nawalpur	15,734	91.87	171	[125]
42	Jaljala	जलजला	Parbat	21,454	82.26	261	[126]
43	Modi	मोदी	Parbat	21,284	143.6	148
44	Paiyun	पैयूं	Parbat	15,381	42.65	361
45	Bihadi	विहादी	Parbat	13,403	44.8	299
46	Mahashila	महाशिला	Parbat	9,857	49.38	200	[127]
47	Kaligandaki	कालीगण्डकी	Syangja	21,728	73.51	296	[128]
48	Biruwa	विरुवा	Syangja	18,413	95.79	192	[129]
49	Harinas	हरीनास	Syangja	17,343	87.48	198	[130]
50	Aandhikhola	आँधीखोला	Syangja	16,589	69.61	238	[131]
51	Arjun Chaupari	अर्जुन चौपारी	Syangja	16,176	57.22	283	[132]
52	Phedikhola	फेदीखोला	Syangja	12,341	56.73	218	[133]
53	Rishing	ऋषिङ्ग	Tanahun	25,870	215	120	[134]
54	Myagde	म्याग्दे	Tanahun	22,502	115	196	[135]
55	Aanbu Khaireni	आँबुखैरेनी	Tanahun	20,768	128	162	[136]
56	Bandipur	बन्दिपुर	Tanahun	20,013	102	196	[137]
57	Ghiring	घिरिङ	Tanahun	19,318	126	153	[138]
58	Devghat	देवघाट	Tanahun	16,131	159	101	[139]

Lumbini Province[]

There are 73 rural municipalities in Lumbini Province.

• Raptisonari is the largest rural municipality of Lumbini by area and population both. It has an area of 1,041.73 square kilometres (402.21 sq mi) and population 59,946 individuals while Palhinandan is the smallest rural municipality of Lumbini with just an area of 44.67 square kilometres (17.25 sq mi) and Thabang is the least populated rural municipality with 10,881 individuals.
• There are two Mayadevi Rural Municipalities in Lumbini, one in Rupandehi (Mayadevi, Rupandehi) and another in Kapilbastu (Mayadevi, Kapilvastu).

#	Name	Nepali	District	Population (2011)	Area (km2)	Density	Website
1	Malarani	मालारानी	Arghakhanchi	28,044	101.06	277
2	Panini	पाणिनी	Arghakhanchi	26,424	151.42	175
3	Chhatradev	छत्रदेव	Arghakhanchi	25,336	87.62	289
4	Raptisonari	राप्ती सोनारी	Banke	59,946	1,041.73	58
5	Baijanath	वैजनाथ	Banke	54,418	141.67	384
6	Khajura	खजुरा	Banke	50,961	101.91	500
7	Janaki	जानकी	Banke	37,830	63.32	597
8	Duduwa	डुडुवा	Banke	37,460	91.1	411
9	Narainapur	नरैनापुर	Banke	34,942	172.34	203
10	Badhaiyatal	बढैयाताल	Bardiya	47,868	115.19	416
11	Geruwa	गेरुवा	Bardiya	34,871	78.41	445
12	Rapti	राप्ती	Dang	40,763	161.07	253
13	Gadhawa	गढवा	Dang	38,592	358.57	108
14	Babai	बबई	Dang	27,469	257.48	107
15	Shantinagar	शान्तिनगर	Dang	25,203	116.02	217
16	Rajpur	राजपुर	Dang	25,037	577.33	43
17	Banglachuli	वंगलाचुली	Dang	24,245	245.14	99
18	Dangisharan	दंगीशरण	Dang	21,484	110.7	194
19	Satyawati	सत्यवती	Gulmi	23,807	115.92	205
20	Dhurkot	धुर्कोट	Gulmi	22,454	86.32	260
21	Gulmi Darbar	गुल्मीदरवार	Gulmi	22,037	79.99	275
22	Madane	मदाने	Gulmi	21,899	94.52	232
23	Chandrakot	चन्द्रकोट	Gulmi	21,827	105.73	206
24	Malika	मालिका	Gulmi	21,729	92.49	235
25	Chhatrakot	छत्रकोट	Gulmi	21,481	87.01	247
26	Isma	ईस्मा	Gulmi	20,964	81.88	256
27	Kaligandaki	कालीगण्डकी	Gulmi	18,876	101.04	187
28	Ruru	रुरु	Gulmi	18,581	67.38	276
29	Mayadevi	मायादेवी	Kapilvastu	48,218	88.53	545
30	Suddhodhan	शुद्धोधन	Kapilvastu	45,201	91.69	493
31	Yasodhara	यसोधरा	Kapilvastu	38,952	67.56	577
32	Bijaynagar	विजयनगर	Kapilvastu	36,937	173.19	213
33	Susta	त्रिवेणी सुस्ता	Parasi	43,797	112.17	390
34	Pratappur	प्रतापपुर	Parasi	41,315	87.55	472
35	Sarawal	सरावल	Parasi	38,163	73.19	521
36	Palhinandan	पाल्हीनन्दन	Parasi	35,429	44.67	793
37	Rainadevi Chhahara	रैनादेवी छहरा	Palpa	26,469	175.88	150
38	Mathagadhi	माथागढी	Palpa	25,017	215.49	116
39	Nisdi	निस्दी	Palpa	22,611	194.5	116
40	Bagnaskali	वगनासकाली	Palpa	21,361	84.17	254
41	Rambha	रम्भा	Palpa	20,190	94.12	215
42	Purbakhola	पूर्वखोला	Palpa	19,589	138.05	142
43	Tinau	तिनाउ	Palpa	19,085	202	94
44	Ribdikot	रिब्दीकोट	Palpa	18,770	124.55	151
45	Naubahini	नौबहिनी	Pyuthan	30,292	213.41	142
46	Jhimruk	झिमरुक	Pyuthan	27,931	106.93	261
47	Gaumukhi	गौमुखी	Pyuthan	25,421	139.04	183
48	Airawati	ऐरावती	Pyuthan	22,392	156.75	143
49	Sarumarani	सरुमारानी	Pyuthan	18,627	157.97	118
50	Mallarani	मल्लरानी	Pyuthan	17,686	80.09	221
51	Mandavi	माण्डवी	Pyuthan	15,058	113.08	133
52	Sunilsmriti	सुनिलस्मृति	Rolpa	28,213	156.55	180
53	Runtigadhi	रुन्टीगढी	Rolpa	27,929	232.69	120
54	Lungri	लुङ्ग्री	Rolpa	23,631	135.23	175
55	Triveni	त्रिवेणी	Rolpa	22,957	205.39	112
56	Paribartan	परिवर्तन	Rolpa	20,778	163.01	127
57	Gangadev	गंगादेव	Rolpa	20,009	124.38	161
58	Madi	माडी	Rolpa	17,986	129.05	139
59	Sunchhahari	सुनछहरी	Rolpa	16,034	277.62	58
60	Thabang	थवाङ	Rolpa	10,881	191.07	57
61	Bhume	भूमे	Eastern Rukum	18,589	273.67	68
62	Putha Uttarganga	पुठा उत्तरगंगा	Eastern Rukum	17,932	560.34	32
63	Sisne	सिस्ने	Eastern Rukum	16,497	327.12	50
64	Gaidhawa	गैडहवा	Rupandehi	47,565	96.79	491
65	Mayadevi	मायादेवी	Rupandehi	47,196	72.44	652
66	Kotahimai	कोटहीमाई	Rupandehi	41,006	58.26	704
67	Marchawarimai	मर्चवारीमाई	Rupandehi	38,776	48.55	799
68	Siyari	सियारी	Rupandehi	38,466	66.17	581
69	Sammarimai	सम्मरीमाई	Rupandehi	38,305	50.78	754
70	Rohini	रोहिणी	Rupandehi	37,175	64.32	578
71	Shuddhodhan	शुद्धोधन	Rupandehi	34,638	57.66	601
72	Omsatiya	ओमसतीया	Rupandehi	34,191	48.54	704
73	Kanchan	कञ्चन	Rupandehi	33,072	58.51	565

Karnali Province[]

There are 54 rural municipalities in Karnali Province.

• Namkha is the largest rural municipality in Karnali Province with an area of 2,419.64 square kilometres (934.23 sq mi) and Darma is the smallest rural municipality with an area of 81.46 square kilometres (31.45 sq mi).
• Barahatal is the most populous rural municipality in Karnali with 26,802 individuals and Chharka Tangsong is the least populous rural municipality with 1451 individuals only.

#	Name	Nepali	District	Population (2011)	Area (km2)	Density	Website
1	Gurans	गुराँस	Dailekh	22,033	164.79	134
2	Bhairabi	भैरवी	Dailekh	21,233	110.46	192
3	Naumule	नौमुले	Dailekh	20,802	228.59	91
4	Mahabu	महावु	Dailekh	19,277	110.8	174
5	Thantikandh	ठाँटीकाँध	Dailekh	18,896	88.22	214
6	Bhagawatimai	भगवतीमाई	Dailekh	18,778	151.52	124
7	Dungeshwar	डुंगेश्वर	Dailekh	15,883	105.19	151
8	Mudkechula	मुड्केचुला	Dolpa	5,129	250.08	21
9	Kaike	काईके	Dolpa	3,576	466.6	8
10	She Phoksundo	शे फोक्सुन्डो	Dolpa	3,099	123.07	25
11	Jagadulla	जगदुल्ला	Dolpa	2,273	83.3	27
12	Dolpo Buddha	डोल्पो बुद्ध	Dolpa	2,126	377.38	6
13	Chharka Tangsong	छार्का ताङसोङ	Dolpa	1,451	345.57	4
14	Simkot	सिमकोट	Humla	11,557	785.89	15
15	Sarkegad	सर्केगाड	Humla	9,868	306.7	32
16	Adanchuli	अदानचुली	Humla	7,116	150.61	47
17	Kharpunath	खार्पुनाथ	Humla	6,011	880	7
18	Tanjakot	ताँजाकोट	Humla	5,964	159.1	37
19	Chankheli	चंखेली	Humla	5,517	1,310.41	4
20	Namkha	नाम्खा	Humla	3,900	2,419.64	2
21	Junichande	जुनीचाँदे	Jajarkot	21,733	346.21	63
22	Kushe	कुसे	Jajarkot	20,621	273.97	75
23	Barekot	बारेकोट	Jajarkot	18,083	577.5	31
24	Shivalaya	शिवालय	Jajarkot	15,269	134.26	114
25	Tatopani	तातोपानी	Jumla	14,638	525.56	28
26	Patarasi	पातारासी	Jumla	14,571	814.07	18
27	Tila	तिला	Jumla	13,607	175.49	78
28	Kankasundari	कनकासुन्दरी	Jumla	12,977	225.39	58
29	Sinja	सिंजा	Jumla	12,395	153.29	81
30	Hima	हिमा	Jumla	10,961	132.32	83
31	Guthichaur	गुठिचौर	Jumla	9,870	427	23
32	Narharinath	नरहरिनाथ	Kalikot	21,366	143.86	149
33	Palata	पलाता	Kalikot	15,303	318.84	48
34	Shubha Kalika	शुभ कालिका	Kalikot	14,080	97.32	145
35	Sanni Triveni	सान्नी त्रिवेणी	Kalikot	12,846	136.71	94
36	Pachaljharana	पचालझरना	Kalikot	12,343	166.92	74
37	Mahawai	महावै	Kalikot	8,323	322.07	26
38	Khatyad	खत्याड	Mugu	17,116	281.12	61
39	Soru	सोरु	Mugu	12,238	365.8	33
40	Mugum Karmarong	मुगुम कार्मारोंग	Mugu	5,396	2,106.91	3
41	Sani Bheri	सानीभेरी	Western Rukum	22,194	133.8	166
42	Tribeni	त्रिवेणी	Western Rukum	19,404	85.49	227
43	Banphikot	बाँफिकोट	Western Rukum	18,696	190.42	98
44	Kumakh	कुमाख	Salyan	24,972	177.28	141
45	Kalimati	कालीमाटी	Salyan	23,005	500.72	46
46	Chhatreshwari	छत्रेश्वरी	Salyan	21,452	150.69	142
47	Darma	दार्मा	Salyan	19,966	81.46	245
48	Kapurkot	कपुरकोट	Salyan	18,204	119.21	153
49	Tribeni	त्रिवेणी	Salyan	16,634	119.11	140
50	Siddha Kumakh	सिद्ध कुमाख	Salyan	13,593	89.36	152
51	Barahatal	बराहताल	Surkhet	26,802	455.09	59
52	Simta	सिम्ता	Surkhet	25,845	241.64	10
53	Chaukune	चौकुने	Surkhet	25,240	381.01	66
54	Chingad	चिङ्गाड	Surkhet	17,275	170.19	102

Sudurpashchim Province[]

There are 54 rural municipalities in Sudurpashchim Province.

• Saipal is the largest and least populous rural municipality in Sudurpashchim with an area of 1,467.27 square kilometres (566.52 sq mi) and population is 2,182 individuals only.
• Beldandi is the smallest rural municipality with an area of 36.7 square kilometres (14.2 sq mi).
• Janaki is the most populous rural municipality in Sudurpashchim with 48,540 individuals.

#	Name	Nepali	District	Population (2011)	Area (km2)	Density	Website
1	Ramaroshan	रामारोशन	Achham	25,166	173.33	145
2	Chaurpati	चौरपाटी	Achham	25,149	182.16	138
3	Turmakhand	तुर्माखाँद	Achham	24,940	232.07	107
4	Mellekh	मेल्लेख	Achham	24,670	134.78	183
5	Dhankari	ढँकारी	Achham	21,562	227.88	95
6	Bannigadi Jayagad	बान्नीगडीजैगड	Achham	17,359	58.26	298
7	Dogdakedar	दोगडाकेदार	Baitadi	24,632	126.38	195
8	Dilashaini	डिलाशैनी	Baitadi	22,924	125.28	183
9	Sigas	सिगास	Baitadi	21,510	245.44	88
10	Pancheshwar	पञ्चेश्वर	Baitadi	18,766	120.41	156
11	Surnaya	सुर्नया	Baitadi	18,549	124.52	149
12	Shivanath	शिवनाथ	Baitadi	17,115	81.65	210
13	Kedarsyu	केदारस्यु	Bajhang	21,307	113.91	187
14	Thalara	थलारा	Bajhang	17,952	105.51	170
15	Bitthadchir	बित्थडचिर	Bajhang	17,154	86.15	199
16	Chhabis Pathibhera	छब्बीसपाथिभेरा	Bajhang	16,296	116.34	140
17	Khaptad Chhanna	छान्ना	Bajhang	15,893	113.52	140
18	Masta	मष्टा	Bajhang	14,951	109.24	137
19	Durgathali	दुर्गाथली	Bajhang	12,972	61.83	210
20	Talkot	तलकोट	Bajhang	11,557	335.26	34
21	Surma	सुर्मा	Bajhang	9,022	270.8	33
22	Saipal	सइपाल	Bajhang	2,182	1,467.27	2
23	Khaptad Chhededaha	खप्तड छेडेदह	Bajura	18,575	135.08	138
24	Swami Kartik Khapar	स्वामिकार्तिक खापर	Bajura	12,784	110.55	116
25	Jagannath	जगन्नाथ	Bajura	9,432	171.72	55
26	Himali	हिमाली	Bajura	9214	830.33	11
27	Gaumul	गौमुल	Bajura	8,515	314.66	27
28	Navadurga	नवदुर्गा	Dadeldhura	19,957	141.89	141
29	Aalitaal	आलिताल	Dadeldhura	18,531	292.87	63
30	Ganyapadhura	गन्यापधुरा	Dadeldhura	15,093	135.65	111
31	Bhageshwar	भागेश्वर	Dadeldhura	14,129	233.38	61
32	Ajaymeru	अजयमेरु	Dadeldhura	7,066	148.9	47
33	Naugad	नौगाड	Darchula	15,874	180.27	88
34	Malikarjun	मालिकार्जुन	Darchula	15,581	100.82	155
35	Marma	मार्मा	Darchula	14,956	208.06	72
36	Lekam	लेकम	Darchula	14,838	83.98	177
37	Duhun Rural Municipality	दुहु	Darchula	10,818	65.35	166
38	Vyans (Byans)	ब्याँस	Darchula	10,347	839.26	12
39	Api Himal	अपि हिमाल	Darchula	6,779	613.95	11
40	Aadarsha	आदर्श	Doti	23,945	128.47	186
41	Purbichauki	पूर्वीचौकी	Doti	22,483	117.66	191
42	K.I. Singh	केआईसिंह	Doti	20,903	127.01	165
43	Jorayal	जोरायल	Doti	20,824	419.09	50
44	Sayal	सायल	Doti	19,551	122.72	159
45	Bogatan-Phudsil	वोगटान–फुड्सिल	Doti	17,902	300.22	60
46	Badikedar	बड्डी केदार	Doti	16,720	332.55	50
47	Janaki	जानकी	Kailali	48,540	107.27	453
48	Kailari	कैलारी	Kailali	47,987	233.27	206
49	Joshipur	जोशीपुर	Kailali	36,459	65.57	556
50	Bardagoriya	बर्गगोरिया	Kailali	32,683	77.26	423
51	Mohanyal	मोहन्याल	Kailali	22,053	626.95	35
52	Chure	चुरे	Kailali	18,924	493.18	38
53	Laljhadi	लालझाँडी	Kanchanpur	22,569	154.65	146
54	Beldandi	बेलडाँडी	Kanchanpur	21,949	36.7	598

See also[]

• Village development committee (VDCs)
• List of cities in Nepal
• Local self-government in Nepal

References[]

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