Overview
Guthichaur Rural Municipality (गुठीचौर गाउँपालिका) was established in 2017 (2073 BS) as a local government of Nepal. The headquarters of the Guthichaur Gaunpalika is located in Garjyangkot, Jumla district, Karnali Province of Nepal. Rural Municipality is known as Gaunpalika in the Nepali Language. Guthichaur Gaunpalika is surrounded by Dolpa District on the East and Chandannath Municipality and Tatopani Rural Municipality on the West, Patarasi Rural Municipality on the North, and Jajarkot district on the South.
The total area of the Guthichaur Rural Municipality is 227 square kilometers (87.65 sq mi) and the total population of the rural municipality according to 2011 (2068 BS) Nepal census is 9870 individual. The density of this rural municipality is 43/km2 (110/sq mi). This Rural municipality is divided into 5 wards.
Guthichaur, Garjyangkot, and Depalgaun Village development committees (VDCs) were incorporated to form Guthichaur Gaunpalika, This rural municipality came into existence on 10 March 2017 (Falgun 27, 2073 BS), fulfilling the requirement of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 (2072 BS). Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level bodies.
