Where is Jhapa Rural Municipality located?

Jhapa Rural Municipality is located in Koshi Province, Nepal.

Jhapa Rural Municipality

झापा गाउँपालिका

Rural municipality in Province No. 1, Nepal

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Jhapa (Nepali: झापा गाउँपालिका) is one of the seven rural municipalities (gaunpalika) located in Jhapa District of Koshi Province of Nepal. Out of Jhapa's total 15 municipalities, eight are urban and seven are rural.

Quick facts

Type: rural municipality of Nepal wd
Located in: Koshi Province (province of Nepal) wd
Area: 94.12 km² wd
Established: 10 March 2017 wd
Official website: jhapamun.gov.np wd
Coordinates: 26.5039° N, 87.8696° E wd

About

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Jhapa has an area of 94.12 square kilometres (36.34 mi2) and the total population of the municipality is 34601 as of Census of Nepal 2011.

Kumarkhod, Taganduba and Sharanamati 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 Taganduba.

Nearby places

Sharanamati — 4 km
Taganduba — 4 km
Kumarkhod — 5 km
Mahabhara — 6 km
Rajgadh — 6 km
Jhapa District — 7 km

Questions

Where is Jhapa Rural Municipality located?: Jhapa Rural Municipality is located in Koshi Province, Nepal.

Sources

Last updated 31 October 2026 · facts checked 3 November 2026

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