Harinagara Rural Municipality
Harinagar (Nepali: हरिनगर गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in Sunsari District of Koshi Province of Nepal. There are a total of 12 municipalities in Sunsari in which 6 are urban and 6 are rural.
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हरिनगर गाउँपालिका | |
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Rural Municipality | |
Location in Koshi Province | |
| Coordinates: 26.503297°N 87.121947°E | |
| Province | Koshi Province |
| District | Sunsari |
| Number of Wards | 7 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Rural Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr. Gafar Ansari Miya (NC) |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Rimjhim Kumari Bhagat (NC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 49,845 |
| • Density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Nepali |
| • Additional | Maithili |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Sex Ratio | 97.19. ♂ /100 ♀ (2021) |
| Website | official website |
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal) Harinagar has an area of 52.29 square kilometres (20.19 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 49845 as of Census of Nepal 2021.
Ramnagar Bhutaha, Gautampur, Harinagara, Basantapur and Ghuski 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 (Nepal) 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 Harinagara VDC.