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Revision as of 06:07, 6 May 2021
Kalinchowk (RM)
कालिनचोक गाउँपालिका | |
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  Snowfall in Kuri village, Kalinchok RM | |
| Ward division of Kalinchowk RM Ward division of Kalinchowk RM | |
  Kalinchowk (RM) Location  Kalinchowk (RM) Kalinchowk (RM) (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27°47′N 86°04′E / 27.79°N 86.06°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Bagmati |
| District | Dolakha |
| Wards | 9 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Rural Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr. Bin Kumar Thami |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Kalika Pathak |
| Area | |
| • Total | 132.49 km2 (51.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 22,954 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Headquarter | Sunakhani |
| Website | kalinchowkmun |
Kalinchowk is a Rural municipality located within the Dolakha District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans 132.49 square kilometres (51.15 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 22,954 according to a 2011 Nepal census.[1][2]
On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures.[3][4] The previous Kalinchok, Babare, Lamidanda, Lapilang, Sunakhani, and Sundrawati VDCs were merged to form Kalinchok Rural Municipality. Kalinchok is divided into 9 wards, with Sunakhani declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.
Kalinchowk is a hill station and a tourist hotspot. It is located on 3842 miters of altitude and about 150 km northeast from national capital Kathmandu. The place is best known for trekking and skiing.[5] During the December, January and February (mainly Paush and Magh in Nepali months) snowfalls in Kalinchowk.[6]
Kalinchowk VDC
Kalinchowk is now a neighborhood (village) within Kalinchowk Rural Municipality. It was a separate village development committee (VDC) from 1990 to 2017. Kalinchowk village had 38.19 square kilometres (14.75 sq mi) of area and population according to 2011 had 2806 with 458 individual households. This whole village is now a ward (ward no. 1) of Kalinchowk RM.[7]
Ward division
Kalinchowk RM divided into 9 wards as below:
| Village | Ward no. | area (KM2) | population (2011) |
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| Kalinchowk | 1 | 38.19 | 2806 |
| Babare | 2 | 16.67 | 3533 |
| Lamidanda | 3 | 5.82 | 1888 |
| 4 | 7.93 | 2344 | |
| Lapilang | 5 | 8.96 | 2248 |
| 6 | 24.36 | 2694 | |
| Sunakhani | 7 | 9.93 | 2369 |
| 8 | 8.23 | 2306 | |
| Sundrawati | 9 | 12.4 | 2766 |
| Kalinchowk RM | 9 | 132.49 | 22954 |
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See also
References
- ^ "District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "New local level structure comes into effect from today". www.thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "New local level units come into existence". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Kalinchowk Darshan". Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Skiing in Kalinchowk". Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on 12 October 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009
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