Barju Rural Municipality

{{Short description|Rural municipality in Sunsari}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Barju

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| native_name = वर्जु गाउँपालिका

| nickname =

| settlement_type = Rural Municipality

| motto = सुन्दर, शिक्षित, समृद्ध, सुशासन तथा प्रविधीयुक्त गाउँपालिका निर्माण, हाम्राे अभियान
({{langx|ne|Beautiful, educated, Enriched, good governanced and methodical rural municipality is our campaign}})

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| image_caption = Barju taal

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| pushpin_map = Koshi#Nepal

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Province No. 1

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| coordinates = {{coord|26.46|87.2|type:adm2nd_region:NP_source:unmaps-enwiki|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Nepal}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Province No. 1

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Sunsari

| subdivision_type3 = Wards

| subdivision_name3 = 6|

| government_footnotes =

| government_type = Rural Council

| leader_title = Chairperson

| leader_name = Mr. Anmol Roy(The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

| leader_title1 = Vice-chairperson

| leader_name1 = Mrs. Cricket(The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 10 March 2017

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 69.43

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_note =

| population_total = 36,533

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities

| timezone = Nepal Standard Time

| utc_offset = +5:45

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| postal_code_type = Postal Code

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| blank_name = Headquarter

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| website = [http://www.barjumun.gov.np/ official website]

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Barju ({{langx|ne|बर्जु 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 Developme Barju has an area of {{convert|69.43|km2|mi2}} and the total population of the municipality is 36,533 as of Census of Nepal 2021.{{cite web |url= http://103.69.124.141/ |title= स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण |access-date= 22 April 2018 |website= www.mofald.gov.np/en |publisher= MoFALD |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180831065451/http://103.69.124.141/ |archive-date= 31 August 2018 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://citypopulation.de/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm2id=0602 |title= CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts |date=8 October 2017 |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=22 April 2018}}{{cite web |url= http://barjumun.gov.np/content/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AF |title= गाउँपालिका परिचय |website=www.barjumun.gov.np |publisher= Barju Rural Municipality |access-date=22 April 2018 |trans-title=Short Introduction |language=ne}}

Ramganj Belgachhiya, Amaduwa, Amahibelaha and Chimdi 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 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Amahibelaha.