Kohalpur
| Kohalpur | |
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| — Municipality — | |
 Kohalpur
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| Coordinates: 28°12′N 81°41′E / 28.2°N 81.683°ECoordinates: 28°12′N 81°41′E / 28.2°N 81.683°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Bheri Zone |
| District | Banke District |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 11,090 |
| Time zone | Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) |
Kohalpur (कोहलपुर) is a municipality in Banke District in the Bheri Zone in mid-western Nepal. The town is in East-West highway and one of the fastest developing places in Nepal. A neighboring city Nepalgunj is on South (16 km), and further 6 km is the Indian border. In fact it is a growing city in the western region of Nepal. It has a junction to diverse the roadway transport to east, west, north and south from the city.
It is accessible by air (Nepalgunj Airport) and by road (535 km west of Kathmandu).
This town shouldn't be confused with Kolhapur, a much larger city in Maharashtra state, India.
[edit] Kohalpur declared Municipality
Kohalpur has been declared municipality by the government. This will come into effect from 1st Shrawan (17 July). Kohalpur is among 41 new municipalities declared by the government. This will mean Kohalpur Munitipality will receive more decentralized power to utilize its resources including finance. With this announcement the number of municipalities in Banke district reaches two. The other one is Nepalgunj.
[edit] Government
The purpose of Town Development Committees (TDC) like Kohalpur in Nepal is to organise people structurally at local level and creating a partnership between the community and the public sector for improved service delivery system. A VDC/(TDC) has a status as an autonomous institution and authority for interacting with the more centralised institutions of governance in Nepal. In doing so, the VDC gives village people an element of control and responsibility in development, and also ensures proper utilization and distribution of state funds and a greater interaction between government officials, NGOs and agencies. The village development committees within a given area will discuss education, water supply, basic health, sanitation and income and will also monitor and record progress which is displayed in census data.
In VDCs there is one elected chief. From each ward, there is also a chief that is elected along with these there are also four members elected or nominated.
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