Bhokraha Rural Municipality
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Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality
भोक्राहा नरसिंह गाउँपालिका | |
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| Upcoming Event: Bhokraha Premier League, Koshi Premier League | |
  Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality Location in Province No. 1  Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26°38′N 87°06′E / 26.63°N 87.1°E | |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Sunsari |
| Wards | 8 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Rural Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr. Ajmal akthar miya |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Sunita Uraw |
| Area | |
• Total | 63.37 km2 (24.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 40,509 |
| • Density | 639.2/km2 (1,656/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Headquarter | Bhokraha |
| Website | official website |
Bhokraha or Bhokraha Narsingh (Nepali: भोक्राहा गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in Sunsari District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 12 municipalities in Sunsari in which 6 are urban and 6 are rural.
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Bhokraha has an area of 63.37 square kilometres (24.47 mi2) and the total population of the municipality is 40,509 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2][3]
Bhokraha and Narsingh 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 replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).[1][3]
The rural municipality is divided into total 8 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Bhokraha.[1][3]
Bhokraha and Narsingh 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 replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).[1][3] The rural municipality is divided into total 8 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Bhokraha.[1] [3]
Religion: 55.6% were Hindu, 42.5% Muslim, 0.1% Kirat Mundhum, 0.03% Buddhist and 0.1% Christian and 1.4% others.[4]
The largest communities are the Muslims and kushwaha . Other communities include the yadav and Kurukhs.[5]
As their first language, 61.0% of the population spoke Maithili, 27.4% Urdu, 9.7% Kurukh, 1.6% Nepali, 0.3% others,as their first language.[6]
