Kathekhola Rural Municipality | |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 82.88 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 22526 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Households |
Population Blank1: | 5892 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 28.5186°N 84.3588°W |
Website: | http://kathekholamun.gov.np/ |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Native Name: | काठेखोला गाउँपालिका |
Settlement Type: | Gaunpalika |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gandaki |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Baglung District |
Parts Type: | Wards |
Parts: | 8 |
Government Type: | Rural Municipality |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Raju Thapa |
Kathekhola Rural Municipality (Kathekhola Gaupalika) (Nepali: काठेखोला गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Baglung District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structure, in which VDCs have been replaced with municipal and Village Councils. Kathekhola is one of these 753 local units.[3] [4] It is named after the Kathekhola River, a geographical trademark of this rural municipality. Madhyapahari Lokmarg passes through the central part of this rural municipality and is also close to Baglung district headquarters.
Kathekhola Rural Municipality (Kathekhola Gaupalika) consists of 8 wards. All of those ward has their name but typically the locals use numbers to refer the ward.