# Bakaiya Rural Municipality

_Rural Municipality in Bagmati, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Bakaiya is a Rural municipality located within the Makwanpur District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans 393.75 square kilometres (152.03 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 39,620 according to the 2011 Nepal census.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** rural municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65396801#P31))
- **Located in:** Makwanpur District (district of Nepal) › Bagmati Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65396801#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 27.3332, 85.2032

## About

On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Dhimal, Chhatiwan, Shikharpur, Manthali and Thingan VDCs were merged to form Bakaiya Rural Municipality. Bakaiya is divided into 12 wards, with Chhatiwan declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

## Questions

**Where is Bakaiya Rural Municipality located?**  
Bakaiya Rural Municipality is located in Makwanpur District, Bagmati Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Bakaiya Rural Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakaiya_Rural_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): बकैया गाउँपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q65396801](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65396801) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Bakaiya Rural Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

## Cite this page

"Bakaiya Rural Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/bakaiya-rural-municipality. Retrieved 5 November 2026.