Hupsekot is a Rural municipality located within the Nawalpur District of the Gandaki Province of Nepal. The rural municipality spans 189.21 square kilometres (73.05 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 25,065 according to a 2011 Nepal census.[1][2]
Hupsekot (RM)
हुप्सेकोट गाउँपालिका | |
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  Hupsekot (RM) Location  Hupsekot (RM) Hupsekot (RM) (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27°41′26″N 84°3′44″E / 27.69056°N 84.06222°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Gandaki |
| District | Nawalpur |
| Wards | 6 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Rural Council |
| • Chairperson | Laxmi Devi Pandey |
| • Vice-chairperson | Purna Singh Rana |
| • Term of office | (2017 - 2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 189.21 km2 (73.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 25,065 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Headquarter | Deurali |
| Website | hupsekotmun |
On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures.[3][4] The previous Hupsekot, Dhobadi and Deurali VDCs were merged to form Hupsekot Rural Municipality. Hupsekot is divided into 6 wards, with Deurali declared the administrative center of the rural municipality. Thumki Devi Temple is a major attraction of Hupsekot. Sugam Karki, Bishnu Adhikari, Ramesh Babu Pandey, Sudarshan Pandey, Prashant Pandey, Sawan GR, Rabi Kiran Pandey, Kushal Pandey and Biswas Pokhrel are some of the jaldo baldo yuwa of Hupsekot. All of them work under the leadership of Manoj Devkota.
References
edit- ^ "District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "New local level structure comes into effect from today". www.thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "New local level units come into existence". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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