# Kushe Rural Municipality

_Rural municipality in Karnali Pradesh, Nepal_

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

> Kushe (Nepali: कुशे गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality located in Jajarkot District of Karnali Province of Nepal.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** rural municipality of Nepal; human settlement ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887950#P31))
- **Located in:** Jajarkot District (district of Nepal) › Karnali Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887950#P131))
- **Area:** 273.97 km² ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887950#P2046))
- **Established:** 10 March 2017 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887950#P571))
- **Coordinates:** 28.8400, 82.1700

## About

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration Kushe has an area of 273.97 square kilometres (105.78 mi2) and the total population of the  rural municipality is 20,621 as of 2011 Nepal census.

Paink, Dhime, Archhani, Talegaun and some parts of Pajaru which previously were all separate Village development committees merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level bodies.

The rural municipality is divided into total 9 wards and the headquarters of this newly formed rural municipality is situated at Dhime.

## Questions

**Where is Kushe Rural Municipality located?**  
Kushe Rural Municipality is located in Jajarkot District, Karnali Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Kushe Rural Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushe_Rural_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): कुसे गाउँपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87_%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 Q55887950](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887950) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Kushe 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

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