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17-521: Matatirtha is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal . At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,799 living in 506 households. Its population has now grown to 5,982 spread over 1,314 households. Santosh Khadka was elected as Ward Chairman of Matatirtha through
34-504: A dip into the sacred pond and perform religious rituals in the temple. People from different religions visit and worship there. This article about a location in Kathmandu District , Nepal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Village Development Committee (Nepal) Executive: Federal Parliament : Judiciary: A village development committee ( Nepali : गाउँ विकास समिति ; gāum̐ vikās samiti ) in Nepal
51-600: A fourth municipality of the country As defined by Part 17 of the Constitution of Nepal , the municipalities are governed by a Municipal Executive headed by a mayor . The Municipal Executive consists of the deputy mayor, ward chairpersons elected from each ward in the municipality, and five women members elected by the Municipal Assembly among themselves and three members from the Dalit or other minority communities. Part 18 of
68-469: A local election. The word Matatirtha comes from two Sanskrit words, "Mata" meaning mother and "tirtha" meaning a sacred place. The VDC owes its name from a sacred pond in the VDC dedicated to mother. Matatirtha is a sacred place and famous because of the religious aspects and values. Every year on mother's day thousands of people gather together to celebrate the day. Only the people who don't have their mother take
85-558: 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
102-471: Is an administrative division in the Provinces of Nepal . The urban population of Nepal refers to the inhabitants residing in the designated municipal area. Population size has been taken as the principal criteria in the declaration of urban areas in Nepal since 1961. Municipalities can therefore also include rural areas. It functions as a sub-unit of a district. Nepal currently has 293 municipalities, which given
119-414: 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
136-465: The Constitution of Nepal states that the Municipal Assembly hold all legislative powers of the municipality. It consists of the mayor, deputy mayor, ward chairpersons and four ward members elected from each of the wards in the municipality out of which at least two must be a woman. All members of the Dalit or minority communities that was elected to the Municipal Executive must be the members of
153-472: The Terai developed because of trade between Nepal and British India . The British had laid railway lines at the border of Nepal for the purpose of trade which gradually increased urban centers in the Terai . Although urban areas developed during Rana period or before it were not officially recorded. Kathmandu was given the status of municipality in 1930 but was only gazetted in 1953. Dharan was established in 1958 as
170-1052: The federal and the provincial governments . According to the Local Government Operation Act 2017 a metropolitan municipality must have following criteria to get the status of Metropolitan Municipality: A sub-metropolitan municipality must have to fulfill following criteria: There were 58 traditional municipalities which were established from 1953 to 1997. (Below given population are prior to reconstruction in 2017. In 2017, more area and population added to given municipality.) Total 133 municipalities were established in 2014 in two segments but on 10 March 2017 reconstructed local level body and brought changing in some of municipalities. Some municipality completely disestablished (declined) Total 26 municipalities were established on 19 September 2015. Reconstructed on 10 March 2017 with some changing in existed municipalities. On 10 March 2017 Government of Nepal reconstructed old local level bodies into 744 new local level units as per
187-496: The 2011 population estimate of 16,656,057. The municipalities are categorised into three categories: Metropolitan municipality (500,000+ population), Sub-metropolitan municipality (200,000+ population) and Municipality (10,000+ population). There are 6 metropolitan municipality, 11 sub-metropolitan municipality and 276 municipality. The first urban center in Nepal took place in Kathmandu Valley . The historical evidences on
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#1732902623877204-400: The Municipal Assembly of the municipality for representing those communities. Part 17 also includes provisions for a Judicial Committee which is headed by the deputy mayor and consists of two other members elected by the Municipal 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
221-448: 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,
238-750: The existence of towns in the Kathmandu Valley are found during Licchavi period . At the same time, three major towns with urban characteristics had been developed in the Kathmandu Valley. During the Rana period , towns in the hills were also as hill stations for the purpose of administration and as an outpost against invaders. Towns like Dhankuta in East Nepal, Palpa in Central Nepal and Doti in West Nepal were initially developed as cantonments . Urban areas in
255-422: 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
272-798: 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. Municipalities of Nepal Federal Parliament : Judiciary: A municipality ( Nepali : नगरपालिका ) in Nepal
289-407: 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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