{"id":"phalgunanda-rural-municipality","type":"place","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/phalgunanda-rural-municipality","language":"en","name":"Phalgunanda Rural Municipality","name_en":"Phalgunanda Rural Municipality","name_ne":"फाल्गुनन्द गाउँपालिका","description":"Rural municipality in Province No. 1, Nepal","headline":"Rural municipality in Province No. 1, Nepal","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Phalgunanda (Nepali: फाल्गुनन्द गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in Panchthar District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 8 municipalities in Panchthar in which 1 is urban and 7 are rural.","summary_more":["According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Phalgunanda has an area of 107.53 square kilometres (41.52 mi2) and the total population of the municipality is","24060 as of Census of Nepal 2011.","Nawamidanda, Imbung, Pauwa Sartap, Chilingdin, Aangsarang and Phaktep 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 Phaktep."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"rural municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29467088"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51977391#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Koshi Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104008","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/koshi-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51977391#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"107.53 km²","value":107.53}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51977391#P2046"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"10 March 2017","date":"2017-03-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51977391#P571"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"phalgunandamun.gov.np","url":"http://www.phalgunandamun.gov.np/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51977391#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalgunanda_Rural_Municipality","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6_%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","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51977391","http://www.phalgunandamun.gov.np/"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Phalgunanda Rural Municipality located?","a":"Phalgunanda Rural Municipality is located in Koshi Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"},{"name":"Pokhara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara"},{"name":"Lumbini","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Phaktep","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/phaktep","km":0.0},{"name":"Aangsarang","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/aangsarang","km":3.0},{"name":"Phakphokthum Rural Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/phakphokthum-rural-municipality","km":3.9},{"name":"Chilingdin","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/chilingdin","km":5.0},{"name":"Sarangdanda","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sarangdanda","km":5.2},{"name":"Phakphok","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/phakphok","km":5.2}],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Phalgunanda Rural Municipality","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalgunanda_Rural_Municipality","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): फाल्गुनन्द गाउँपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6_%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","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q51977391","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51977391","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Phalgunanda Rural Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Phalgunanda Rural Municipality\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/phalgunanda-rural-municipality. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:28:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-03","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/phalgunanda-rural-municipality","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/phalgunanda-rural-municipality","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/phalgunanda-rural-municipality?lang=ne"}}