Hupsekot (RM) | |
Native Name: | हुप्सेकोट गाउँपालिका |
Settlement Type: | Rural Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 27.6906°N 84.0622°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gandaki |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nawalpur |
Subdivision Type3: | Wards |
Subdivision Name3: | 6 |
Government Type: | Rural Council |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Laxmi Devi Pandey |
Leader Title1: | Vice-chairperson |
Leader Name1: | Purna Singh Rana |
Leader Title2: | Term of office |
Leader Name2: | (2017 - 2022) |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 10 March 2017 |
Area Total Km2: | 189.21 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 25,065 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Blank Name: | Headquarter |
Blank Info: | Deurali |
Hupsekot is a Rural municipality located within the Nawalpur District of the Gandaki Province of Nepal.The rural municipality spans of area, with a total population of 25,065 according to a 2011 Nepal census.[1] [2]
On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures.[3] [4] The previous Hupsekot, Dhobadi and Deurali VDCs were merged to form Hupsekot Rural Municipality.Hupsekot is divided into 6 wards, with Deurali declared the administrative center of the rural municipality. Thumki Devi Temple is a major attraction of Hupsekot. Sugam Karki, Bishnu Adhikari, Ramesh Babu Pandey, Sudarshan Pandey, Prashant Pandey, Sawan GR, Rabi Kiran Pandey, Kushal Pandey and Biswas Pokhrel are some of the jaldo baldo yuwa of Hupsekot. All of them work under the leadership of Manoj Devkota.