Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality

Hanumannagar Kankalini
हनुमाननगर कंकालिनी
Municipality
Hanumannagar Kankalini is located in Madhesh Province
Hanumannagar Kankalini
Hanumannagar Kankalini
Location in Madhesh Province
Hanumannagar Kankalini is located in Nepal
Hanumannagar Kankalini
Hanumannagar Kankalini
Hanumannagar Kankalini (Nepal)
Coordinates: 26°30′21″N 86°51′35″E / 26.5059°N 86.8597°E / 26.5059; 86.8597
Country   Nepal
Development RegionCentral
ProvinceMadhesh
DistrictSaptari
Government
 • MayorBirendra Majhi (Janamat Party)[1]
 • Deputy mayorSarita Devi Yadav Sipaliya (JSPN)
Area
 • Total118.19 km2 (45.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total51,126
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Yadav Mandals (dhanuk) Muslims Das(Baniya) Mehtas Mushars Maithil Brahamins
 • Religion
Hinduism Islam
Languages
 • LocalMaithili
 • OfficialNepali
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal Code
54600[2] =
Area code031
Websitehanumannagarkankalinimun.gov.np


Hanumannagar Kankalini[3] is a municipality of Saptari District in Sagarmatha Zone of eastern Nepal. The municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Hanuman Nagar, Joginiya-1, Joginiya-2, Gobargada and Inarwa village development committees (VDCs).[4][5] Later, Bhardaha, Portaha, Madhawapur, Rampur Malhniya, Malhniya village development committees (VDCs) were added to the existing Hanumannagar Yoginimai Municipality.

The center of the municipality is established in the mid of Hanumannagar Bazaar. After merging the 10 VDCs population it had a total population of 45,734 according to 2011 Nepal census.[6] After the government decision the number of municipalities has reached 217 in Nepal.[7] Thus formed municipality has 14 wards. Jitendra Majhi of Janamat Party was elected as the Mayor of the municipality after the 2022 Nepalese local elections.

  1. ^ Report, Post (18 May 2022). "Janamat Party's Birendra Majhi elected Hanumannagar Kalankalini Municipality mayor". The Kathmandu Post. KMG. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ "POSTAL CODE, Province 2". Postal Services Department, Nepal Government. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Govt declares 26 new municipalities". EKantipur. 19 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ^ "26 new Municipalities announced". The Rising Nepal. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Govt announces 26 municipalities" (PDF). The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal: National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Govt adds 26 municipalities, 1 sub metropolis". Setopati. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.