Kapilvastu , formerly known by name of Taulihawa , is a municipality and administrative center of Kapilvastu District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal . The municipality is located roughly 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the south-west of Lumbini , a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the birthplace of Gautama Buddha .
11-483: Kapilvastu Municipality was established in 1982 with the name of Taulihawa Nagarpanchayat merging Baragdawa, Maalpara, Pipari, Kapilvastu Adarsh Gaau and some portion of Tilaurakot, Gotihawa and Gobari Gaunpanchayat . On 7 November 2014, the remaining region of Gotihawa and Tilaurakot VDC were included, making a total of 19 wards within this municipality. On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured
22-571: A salary. The ward members, ward chief, and VDC chiefs were not paid a salary, but they obtained money according to their presence. VDCs were guided by the district development committee, headquarters, and the chief of DDC was a local development officer (LDO). Population and housing details of VDCs in Nepal were provided by the National Population and Housing Census, in 1991 , 2001 and 2011 . The village development committee structure
33-414: Is displayed in census data. In a village development committee, there was one elected chief, usually elected with an over 80% majority. A chief was elected from each ward . With these, there were four members elected or nominated. To keep data and records, and to manage administrative work, there was one village secretary. The position was a permanent appointment by the government, from whom they received
44-605: The Shakya kingdom. King Śuddhodana and Queen Māyā are believed to have lived at Kapilavastu, as did their son Prince Siddartha Gautama until he left the palace at the age of 29. There are many sites of historical interest in or very close to Kapilavastu, including: Kumarwarti Village development committee (Nepal) Executive: Federal Parliament : Judiciary: A village development committee ( Nepali : गाउँ विकास समिति ; gāum̐ vikās samiti ) in Nepal
55-470: The ancient city of Kapilavastu . On the other hand, nearby Piprahwa in India has also been proposed as the location for the historical site of Kapilavastu. The 19th-century search for the historical site of Kapilavastu followed the accounts left by Faxian and later by Xuanzang , who were Chinese Buddhist monks who made early pilgrimages to the site. Kapilavastu was an ancient city and the capital city of
66-448: The district, the average being nine wards. The purpose of village development committees is to organise the village people structurally at a local level and creating a partnership between the community and the public sector for improved service delivery system. A village development committee has the status of an autonomous institution and the authority to interact with the more centralised institutions of governance in Nepal. In doing so,
77-609: The local-level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Taulihawa Municipality with Dharampaniya , Dohani , Jahadi , Nigalihawa and Sauraha VDCs were merged to form Kapilvastu Municipality. Now the total area of the municipality is 136.91 square kilometres (52.86 sq mi) and the total population is 76,394. The municipality is now divided into 12 wards . The municipality lies at an altitude of 107 metres (351 ft) above sea level Tilaurakot located in Kapilavastu municipality (Taulihawa) may have been
88-422: The village development committee gives the village people an element of control and responsibility in development, and also ensures proper utilization, distribution of state funds and a greater interaction between government officials, NGOs and agencies. The village development committees within a given area discuss education, water supply, basic health, sanitation and income and also monitor and record progress which
99-645: Was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics . Working with Nepal 's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each district of the country. The data included statistics on population size, households, sex and age distribution, place of birth, residence characteristics, literacy, marital status, religion, language spoken, caste/ethnic group, economically active population, education, number of children, employment status, and occupation. This census
110-731: Was dissolved on 10 March 2017 to be replaced by gaunpalika . Previously, the Panchayat was dissolved and turned into village development committees by the constitution of Nepal in 1990 . Previous village development committees were either merged with existing municipalities or combined to create a new rural council . Most village development committees were turned into wards of new or existing municipalities without any changes, some were split and created two wards, and others were split in many pieces and merged into other village development committees to create new wards in different municipalities. 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census
121-407: Was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development . Each district had several VDCs, similar to municipalities but with greater public-government interaction and administration. There were 3,157 village development committees in Nepal. Each village development committee was further divided into several wards ( Nepali : वडा ) depending on the population of
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