Jhapa Rural Municipality

{{about|rural municipality|district|Jhapa District|other uses|Jhapa (disambiguation)}}

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|native_name = झापा गाउँपालिका

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|settlement_type = Rural Municipality

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|subdivision_name1 = Koshi Province

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|subdivision_name2 = Jhapa

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|government_type = Village Council

|leader_title = Chairperson

|leader_name = Mr. Jayanarayan Shah (NC)

|leader_title1 = Vice-chairperson

|leader_name1 = Mrs. Anju Devi Thapaliya (NC)

|established_title = Established

|established_date = 10 March 2017

|seat_type = Seat

|seat = Taganduba

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|area_total_km2 = 94.12

|population_as_of = 2011

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|population_total = 34601

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

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Jhapa ({{langx|ne|झापा गाउँपालिका}}) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in Jhapa District of Koshi Province of Nepal. There are a total of 15 municipalities in Jhapa in which 8 are urban and 7 are rural.

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Jhapa has an area of {{convert|94.12|km2|mi2}} and the total population of the municipality is 34601 as of Census of Nepal 2011.{{cite web |url= http://103.69.124.141/ |title= स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण |access-date= 16 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=0410 |title= CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts |date=8 October 2017 |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=16 April 2018}}

Kumarkhod, Taganduba and Sharanamati 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 Taganduba.