The administrative divisions of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको प्रशासनिक विभाजन, romanized: Nēpālakō praśāsanik vibhājana) are subnational administrative units of Nepal. The first level of country subdivision of Nepal are the provinces. Each province is further subdivided into districts, each district into municipalities and rural municipalities, and each of those municipalities into wards. Before 2015, instead of provinces, Nepal was divided into developmental regions and administrative zones.

Fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal in 2015, all old municipalities and villages (which were more than 3900 in number) were restructured into 753 new municipalities and rural municipalities.[1][2] The former 75 district development committees (DDC) were also replaced by 77 new district coordination committees (DCC) which have much less power than the DDCs. At present there are 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities, and 460 rural municipalities.

Federal Government
7 Provinces (e.g. Gandaki)
77 Districts (e.g. Parbat)
6 Metro Cities (e.g. Kathmandu)11 Sub-Metro Cities (e.g. Dharan)276 Municipalities (e.g. Lamki Chuha)460 Rural Municipalities (e.g. Mahashila)

Provinces

7 Provinces of Nepal

Nepal is composed of seven provinces.[3] They are defined by schedule 4 of the new constitution, by grouping together the existing districts. Two districts however are split in two parts, ending up in two different provinces.

Province Capital Governor Chief Minister Districts Area Pop.
(2021)		 Density
(/km2)		 HDI
(2019)		 GDP per capita (USD; 2021) Map
Koshi ProvinceBiratnagarParshuram KhapungHikmat Kumar Karki1425,905 km24,972,0211920.597 1,298
Madhesh ProvinceJanakpurHari Shankar MishraSaroj Kumar Yadav89,661 km26,126,2887670.538 882
Bagmati ProvinceHetaudaYadav Chandra SharmaSalikram jamarkattel1320,300 km26,084,0423000.673 2,640
Gandaki ProvincePokharaPrithvi Man GurungKhagraj Adhikari1121,504 km22,479,7451160.631 1,348
Lumbini ProvinceDeukhuriAmik SherchanLila Giri1222,288 km25,124,2252300.583 1,209
Karnali ProvinceBirendranagarTilak PariyarRaj Kumar Sharma1027,984 km21,694,889610.568 1043
Sudurpashchim ProvinceGodawariGanga Prasad YadavRajendra Singh Rawal919,915 km22,711,2701360.579 1135
Nepal Kathmandu President
Bidya Devi Bhandari		 Puspa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ 77 147,641 km2 30,192,480 198 0.602 1,372

Districts

77 Districts of Nepal

Provinces are further divided into districts, of which there are 77 (as of 2017).[4] Each of the districts is governed by a District Coordination Committee.

Municipalities of Nepal

Urban municipalities

Municipalities are places having at least some minimum criteria of population and infrastructure and declared as a municipality by the government. There are 293 municipalities in Nepal.

Urban municipalities are categorized into 3 levels:

  • Metropolitan city (Mahanagarpalika)
  • Sub metropolitan city (Upmahanagarpalika)
  • Municipality (Nagarpalikas)

There are six metropolitan cities; the capital city Kathmandu, as well as Bharatpur, Biratnagar, Pokhara, Lalitpur and Birgunj. There are 11 sub-metropolitan cities and 276 municipalities.

 
Largest cities or towns in Nepal
Central Bureau of Statistics 2021 Nepal census[5]
Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop.
Kathmandu
Kathmandu
Pokhara
Pokhara		 1KathmanduBagmati845,76711JanakpurMadhesh195,438 Bharatpur
Bharatpur
Lalitpur
Lalitpur
2PokharaGandaki518,45212ButwalLumbini195,054
3BharatpurBagmati369,37713TulsipurLumbini180,734
4LalitpurBagmati299,84314BudhanilkanthaBagmati179,688
5BirgunjMadhesh268,27315DharanKoshi173,096
6BiratnagarKoshi244,75016NepalgunjLumbini166,258
7DhangadhiSudurpashchim204,78817BirendranagarKarnali154,886
8GhorahiLumbini201,07918TarakeshwarBagmati151,508
9ItahariKoshi198,09819GokarneshwarBagmati151,200
10HetaudaBagmati195,95120TilottamaLumbini149,657

Rural municipalities

Rural municipalities (Gaunpalikas) were established in 2017, replacing the village development committees (VDCs). The main purpose of a gaunpalika resembles that of a VDC, but it has more rights on collection of royalty and taxes and has a higher annual budget than the VDC. Several VDCs were usually combined into each new gaupalika. There are 460 gaunpalikas in Nepal.

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "New local level structure comes into effect from today". www.thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
    2. ↑ "Govt prepares to add 9 more local levels in Province 2". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Kantipur Publication. 11 August 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
    3. ↑ "Nepal divided by new constitution - Foreign Policy News". foreignpolicynews.org. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
    4. ↑ "There will be 77 districts in the country: Minister Thapa". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
    5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220206104652/https://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/upLoads/2022/01/Final%20Preliminary%20Report%20of%20Census%202021%20Newfinal.pdf
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