Buddhashanti Rural Municipality
Buddhashanti
बुद्धशान्ति गाउँपालिका | |
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| Coordinates: 26°43′26″N 88°03′01″E / 26.723838°N 88.050179°E | |
| Province | Koshi Province |
| District | Jhapa |
| Wards | 7 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Seat | Budhabare |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr.Manoj Prasai(NC) |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Bhawani Prasad Khatiwada (CPN-UML) |
| Area | |
• Total | 79.78 km2 (30.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 41,615 |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Website | official website |
Buddhashanti (Nepali: बुद्धशान्ति गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in Jhapa District of Koshi Province of Nepal. Buddhashanti, according to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development has an area of 79.78 square kilometres (30.80 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 41,615 as of Census of Nepal 2011.
Budhabare and Shantinagar 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).
The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Budhabare.