# Harinagara Rural Municipality

Harinagar (Nepali: हरिनगर गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of six rural municipality located in Sunsari District of Koshi Province of Nepal. There are a total of 12 municipalities in Sunsari in which 6 are urban and 6 are rural.
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal) Harinagar has an area of 52.29 square kilometres (20.19 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 49845 as of Census of Nepal 2021.
Ramnagar Bhutaha, Gautampur, Harinagara, Basantapur and Ghuski 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 (Nepal) 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 Harinagara VDC.

## Chairperson

| Election | Election | Chairperson | Party | Tenure |
| | 2074 | Gafar Ansari | Nepali Congress | 2074-2079 |
| | 2079 | Gafar Ansari | Nepali Congress | 2079-2084 |

## Administration Division

In terms of administrative division, it has been divided into 7 wards on the basis of geography and population, in which Ward No. 1 has been established, including the territories of Wards No. 1, 2, 6, 8, and 9 of Ramnagar Bhutaha of Savik, while Ward No. 2 has been established with the territories of Ward No. 3, 5, and 7 of the same Village Development Committee of Savik. Similarly, the current Ward No. 3 has been established by including the territories of Ward No. 1 to 9 of Gautampur (Chorghatia) Village Development Committee of Savik, while the current Ward No. 4 has been established by including all the territories of Ward No. 1 to 9 of Haringara Village Development Committee of Savik. Similarly, Ward No. 5 has been established by covering the entire territory of Ward No. 1 to 9 of Basantpur Village Development Committee of Savik, while Ward No. 6 has been established by including the areas of Ward No. 1, 3, 6, 8, and 9 of Ghuski Village Development Committee of Savik and the same village The current Ward No. 7 has been established by including the remaining areas of Ward No. 2, 4, 5, and 7 of the Development Committee.

## Constituencies

In terms of parliamentary constituencies, on the federal side, Ward No. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this rural municipality belong to Region No. 4 of Sunsari District, while Ward No. 3 belongs to Parliamentary Region No. 2. Similarly, towards the Provincial Assembly constituency, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this rural municipality are in the "A" area under Sunsari Region No. 4, while Ward No. 3 is in the "B" area of Sunsari District Region No. 2.

## Main markets

* Ramnagar Bhutaha Bazar
* Haringara Bazar
* Ghuski Bazar

## Major river

* Surser Dhar (Sunsari Khola)
* Maria Khola

## Administration

See also Rural municipality (Nepal)
A municipality in Nepal is an administrative division in the Provinces of Nepal .It functions as a sub-unit of a district.
** Chairperson - Gafar Ansari
** Vice-chairperson - Rimjhim Kumari Bhagat
** Ward Chairman
*** Ward 1 - Prabin Gupta
*** Ward 2 - Muhammad Ansari
*** Ward 3 - Arbind Kumar Mehta
*** Ward 4 - Shree Dav Narayan Mehta
*** Ward 5 - Sikam Lal Yadav
*** Ward 6 - Muhammad Taiab Ansari
*** Ward 7 - Mojjamil Khan

## Harinagar Controversy

* https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2024/04/05/prohibitory-order-imposed-in-two-rural-municipalities-in-sunsari

## Religious places

Religious places in the municipality
* Shree Shree 108 Durga Mandir, Harinagar 1
* Radha Krishna Mandir, Harinagar 1
* Hanuman Mandir Harinagar 1
* Mithleswer Shiv Mandir Harinagar 1
* Saraswati Mata Mandir(Balkrishna School), Harinagar 1
* Shiv Mandir (Harinagara)