Meringden Rural Municipality

{{Short description|Human settlement in eastern Nepal}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Meringden

| official_name = Rural Municipality in Nepal

| native_name = मेरीङदेन

| native_name_lang = ne

| pushpin_map = Nepal

| pushpin_label_position = top

| pushpin_mapsize = 300

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nepal

| coordinates = {{Coord|27|30|35.99|N|87|31|47.78|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Nepal

|subdivision_type1 = Development Region

|subdivision_type2 = Zone

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_type4 = Province

|subdivision_type5 = Rural Municipality

|subdivision_name1 = Eastern

|subdivision_name2 = Mechi

|subdivision_name3 = Taplejung

|subdivision_name4 = Province No. 1

|subdivision_name5 = Meringden

|

|government_footnotes =

|government_type =Gaunpalika

|leader_title =Chairperson

|leader_name = Mr.Ganesh Bahadur Limbu (NC)

|leader_title1 = Vice-chairperson

|leader_name1 = Mrs.Kalpana Tumbahamphe (NCP)

|established_title = Established

|established_date = 10 March 2017

|area_total_km2 = 210

|population_total = 12,548

|population_as_of = 2017

|population_footnotes = {{Cite news|url=http://mofald.gov.np/sites/default/files/News_Notices/Final%20District%201-75%20Corrected%20Last%20for%20RAJPATRA.pdf|title=MOFALD List of Gaupalika|access-date=2017-06-02|language=en}}

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = NST

|utc_offset = +5:45

|website = [http://meringdenmun.gov.np Official Website]

}}

Meringden is a Gaupalika (Nepali: गाउपालिका; gaupalika) (Formerly: village development committee) located in Taplejung District in the Mechi Zone of eastern Nepal. The local body was formed by merging five VDCs Thinglabu, Santhakra, Khamlung, Lingtep, Thukima, Nalbu. Currently, it has a total of 6 wards. The population of the rural municipality is 12,548 according to the data collected on 2017 Nepalese local elections.