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14-410: It is formed by merging previous VDCs named Kolti , Kotila , Pandusain , ward no. 8 & 9 of Baddhu VDC and ward no. 9 of Jagannath VDC. Budhinanda municipality has an area of 232.48 square kilometres (89.76 sq mi) and the population of this municipality is 18,363. It is the second biggest municipality in terms of population and area of Bajura District. It is divided into 10 wards and

28-558: A salary. The ward members, ward chief, and VDC chiefs were not paid a salary, but they obtained money according to their presence. VDCs were guided by the district development committee, headquarters, and the chief of DDC was a local development officer (LDO). Population and housing details of VDCs in Nepal were provided by the National Population and Housing Census, in 1991 , 2001 and 2011 . The village development committee structure

42-471: Is an administrative division in Nepal . The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development dissolved the existing village development committees and announced the establishment of this new local body. It is a sub-unit of a district . There are currently 481 rural municipalities. The village development committee was the previous governing body of villages in Nepal. They were replaced on 10 May 2017 by

56-414: Is displayed in census data. In a village development committee, there was one elected chief, usually elected with an over 80% majority. A chief was elected from each ward . With these, there were four members elected or nominated. To keep data and records, and to manage administrative work, there was one village secretary. The position was a permanent appointment by the government, from whom they received

70-627: The Dalit or other minority communities. Part 18 of the Constitution of Nepal states that the Village Assembly hold all legislative powers of the rural municipality. It consists of the chairperson, deputy chairperson, ward chairpersons and four ward members elected from each of the wards in the rural municipality out of which at least two must be women The members of the Dalit or minority community nominated to

84-470: The provincial governments . Some authorities the rural municipalities have include collecting various taxes like entertainment tax, business tax and residential tax at the local level. The rural municipalities will have an annual budget of at least Rs 10 million. The rural municipalities are also a members of the National Association of Rural Municipalities (NARMIN), an umbrella organisation of

98-467: The Village Executive is also a member of the Village Assembly. Part 17 also includes provisions for a Judicial Committee which is headed by the deputy chairperson and consists of two other members elected by the Village Assembly among themselves. Schedule 8 and Schedule 9 of the constitution deals with powers that the local executive can execute either on its own or concurrently with the federal and

112-448: The district, the average being nine wards. The purpose of village development committees is to organise the village people structurally at a local level and creating a partnership between the community and the public sector for improved service delivery system. A village development committee has the status of an autonomous institution and the authority to interact with the more centralised institutions of governance in Nepal. In doing so,

126-1047: The headquarter of this newly formed municipality is situated at Kolti. It is only municipality in Bajura which has an airport. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census , Budhinanda Municipality had a population of 18,883. Of these, 98.5% spoke Nepali , 1.4% Sherpa and 0.2% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 52.5% were Chhetri , 9.6% Kami , 8.7% Lohar , 6.8% Hill Brahmin , 4.8% Thakuri , 4.8% Damai /Dholi, 4.5% Bhote , 3.3% Sarki , 2.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% other Dalit , 0.5% Mallaha , 0.5% Musalman , 0.3% Badi , 0.1% Newar and 0.3% others. In terms of religion, 94.9% were Hindu , 4.5% Buddhist and 0.5% Muslim In terms of literacy, 54.4% could read and write, 2.5% could only read and 43.0% could neither read nor write. Village development committee (Nepal) Executive: Federal Parliament : Judiciary: A village development committee ( Nepali : गाउँ विकास समिति ; gāum̐ vikās samiti ) in Nepal

140-590: The rural municipalities which were formed by combining different VDCs. The decision was taken by the cabinet of Nepal after modifications in the report proposed by the Local Level Restructuring Commission. Initially 481 rural municipalities were formed but it was later changed to 481 municipalities. According to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development the new bodies were to be called "rural municipality" and not "village council" which

154-422: The village development committee gives the village people an element of control and responsibility in development, and also ensures proper utilization, distribution of state funds and a greater interaction between government officials, NGOs and agencies. The village development committees within a given area discuss education, water supply, basic health, sanitation and income and also monitor and record progress which

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168-929: Was dissolved on 10 March 2017 to be replaced by gaunpalika . Previously, the Panchayat was dissolved and turned into village development committees by the constitution of Nepal in 1990 . Previous village development committees were either merged with existing municipalities or combined to create a new rural council . Most village development committees were turned into wards of new or existing municipalities without any changes, some were split and created two wards, and others were split in many pieces and merged into other village development committees to create new wards in different municipalities. Gaunpalika Executive: Federal Parliament : Judiciary: A gaunpalika ( Nepali : गाउँपालिका , romanized:  Gāum̐pālikā , lit.   ' rural municipality ' Nepali pronunciation: [ɡãũ̯palika] )

182-419: Was the literal translation of the word "gaunpalika". As defined by Part 17 of the Constitution of Nepal , the rural municipalities are governed by a village executive headed by a chairperson . The village executive consists of the deputy chairperson, ward chairpersons elected from each ward in the rural municipality, and four women members elected from among members of the Village Assembly and two members from

196-407: Was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development . Each district had several VDCs, similar to municipalities but with greater public-government interaction and administration. There were 3,157 village development committees in Nepal. Each village development committee was further divided into several wards ( Nepali : वडा ) depending on the population of

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