Maiwakhola Rural Municipality

Maiwakhola rural municipality is a rural municipality situated in the western part of the Taplejung District. This rural Municipality was developed by merging Dhungesaanghu village development committee, Saanghu village development committee and Phakumwa village development committee. The total area of this rural municipality is 137.82 square kilometers. This rural municipality is divided into six wards. Ward number one is the area covered by ward number 1 to 5 of previous Dhungedhara village development committee, ward number two is the area covered by ward number 6 -9 of previous Dhungedhara village development committee, ward number three is the area covered by ward number 1-6 of previous Saanghu village development committee, ward number four is the area covered by ward number 7-9 of previous Saanghu village development committee, ward number five is the area covered by ward number 1-4 of previous Phakumwa village development committee and ward number six is the area covered by ward number 5-9 of pervious Phakumwa village development committee. This rural municipality is bordered in the east and north by Meringden rural municipality in the west by Sankhuwasabha District and in the south by Tehrathum District. This rural municipality has a population of 11037.