# Vyas Municipality

_Municipality in Tanahun District, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-11-01

> Vyas, also spelled Byas (Nepali: व्यास) is a municipality of Tanahun District located in Gandaki Province in Nepal and incorporates the village Damauli, the district headquarters, for which the municipality is also often referred to as Damauli. The municipality was established by merging the former Village development committee Damauli with several of its neighbors, the most recent merger being the one with Pokhari Bhanjyang in 2014. It lies on the bank of Madi Khola.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1835777#P31))
- **Located in:** Tanahun District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1835777#P131))
- **Area:** 86 km² ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1835777#P2046))
- **Official website:** vyasmun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1835777#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 27.9733, 84.2678

## About

It is one of the municipalities, which could be formed after the re-establishment of multiparty democracy in 1991 A.D. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 70,335 people living in 18,339 individual households.

Many scriptures including Himwat khanda of Skanda purana mentions that Sage Vedavyasha was born in an island nearby confluence of two Gandaki rivers, (माद्रिका शुक्लगण्डक्यो:संगमे) which lies in a present day Damauli city of Tanahun district in Nepal. After his name, the municipality was named as Vyash nagarpalika.

## Questions

**Where is Vyas Municipality located?**  
Vyas Municipality is located in Tanahun District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Vyas Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyas_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): व्यास नगरपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%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 Q1835777](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1835777) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Madi River at Damauli.jpg by Anup Sadi (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madi_River_at_Damauli.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Vyas Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Madi River at Damauli.jpg — Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Vyas Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/vyas-municipality. Retrieved 4 November 2026.