# Jahada Rural Municipality

_Rural municipality in Morang District, Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/jahada-rural-municipality
Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Jahada (Nepali: जहदा गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of eight rural municipality located in Laxminiya Bazzar Morang District of Koshi Province of Nepal. There are a total of 17 municipalities in Morang in which 9 are urban and 8 are rural.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** rural municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43280792#P31))
- **Located in:** Morang District (district of Nepal) › Koshi Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43280792#P131))
- **Area:** 62.38 km² ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43280792#P2046))
- **Established:** 10 March 2017 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43280792#P571))
- **Official website:** jahadamun.gov.np/official ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43280792#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 26.3900, 87.3500

## About

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Jahada has an area of 62.38 square kilometres (24.09 mi2) and the total population of the municipality is 41819 as of Census of Nepal 2011. Now there is 47,639 population according to  census 2021.

Matigachha, Majhare, Sisawanijahada, Pokhariya and Budhanagar which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).

The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Majhare.

## Questions

**Where is Jahada Rural Municipality located?**  
Jahada Rural Municipality is located in Morang District, Koshi Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Jahada Rural Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahada_Rural_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): जहदा गाउँपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A6%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 Q43280792](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43280792) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Jahada Gaunpalika, Morang-1553.jpg by Bijay Chaurasia (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jahada_Gaunpalika,_Morang-1553.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Jahada Rural Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jahada Gaunpalika, Morang-1553.jpg — Bijay Chaurasia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Jahada Rural Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/jahada-rural-municipality. Retrieved 3 November 2026.