A ward () is the smallest unit of local governments in Nepal. The local level body (gaunpalika and municipality) which is divided into 753 units, are further divided into 6,743 wards. These wards were previously either a single VDC or a part of VDC. A local level unit is divided into a minimum five wards or a maximum of 33 wards.
No. of wards (district and province wise)
District Province Area (km2) Population (2011) Wards Bhojpur DistrictKoshi 1,509 182,459 81Dhankuta District Koshi 892 163,412 60Ilam District Koshi1,703 290,254 81Jhapa District Koshi1,606 812,650 131Khotang District Koshi1,591 206,312 79Morang District Koshi1,855 965,370 159Okhaldhunga District Koshi 1,074 147,984 75Panchthar District Koshi1,241 191,817 60Sankhuwasabha District Koshi 3,480 158,742 76Solukhumbu District Koshi3,312 105,886 52Sunsari District Koshi 1,257 763,497 124Taplejung District Koshi3,646 127,461 61Terhathum District Koshi 679 113,111 43Udayapur District Koshi2,063 317,532 75 Parsa DistrictMadhesh 1,353 601,017 112 Bara District Madhesh 1,190 687,708167 Rautahat District Madhesh 1,126 686,723157 Sarlahi DistrictMadhesh 1,259 769,729200 Dhanusa District Madhesh 1,180 754,777 169 Siraha District Madhesh 1,188 637,328 164 Mahottari District Madhesh 1,002 627,580 138 Saptari DistrictMadhesh 1,363 639,284164 Sindhuli District Bagmati 2,491 296,192 79Ramechhap District Bagmati 1,546 202,646 64 Dolakha District Bagmati 2,191 186,557 74 Bhaktapur District Bagmati 119 304,651 38 Dhading DistrictBagmati 1,926 336,067104 Kathmandu DistrictBagmati 395 1,744,240138 Kavrepalanchok DistrictBagmati 1,396 381,937 135 Lalitpur DistrictBagmati 385 468,132 71 Nuwakot District Bagmati 1,121 277,47188 Rasuwa District Bagmati 1,544 43,300 27 Sindhupalchok District Bagmati 2,542 287,798 103 Chitwan District Bagmati 2,218 579,98498 Makwanpur DistrictBagmati 2,426 420,477102 Baglung District Gandaki 1,784 268,613 85 Gorkha District Gandaki 3,610 271,061 94 Kaski District Gandaki 2,017 492,098 72 Lamjung District Gandaki 1,692 167,72475 Manang DistrictGandaki 2,246 6,538 28 Mustang District Gandaki 3,573 13,45225 Myagdi District Gandaki 2,297 113,64145 Nawalpur DistrictGandaki 1,043.1 310,86492 Parbat District Gandaki 494 146,59061 Syangja DistrictGandaki 1,164 289,14897 Tanahun DistrictGandaki 1,546 323,288 85 Kapilvastu DistrictLumbini 1,738 571,93696 Parasi District Lumbini 634.88 321,05874 Rupandehi District Lumbini 1,360 880,196 155 Arghakhanchi DistrictLumbini 1,193 197,63261 Gulmi District Lumbini 1,149 280,16093 Palpa District Lumbini 1,373 261,180 81 Dang Deukhuri District Lumbini 2,955 552,583 100 Pyuthan District Lumbini 1,309 228,10264 Rolpa District Lumbini 1,879 224,50672 Eastern Rukum District Lumbini 1,161.13 53,01831 Banke DistrictLumbini 2,337 491,31381 Bardiya District Lumbini 2,025 426,57675 Western Rukum DistrictKarnali 1,213.49 154,27273 Salyan DistrictKarnali 1,462 242,444 83 Dolpa District Karnali 7,889 36,70065 Humla DistrictKarnali 5,655 50,85844 Jumla District Karnali 2,531 108,92160 Kalikot DistrictKarnali 1,741 136,94882 Mugu DistrictKarnali 3,535 55,28645 Surkhet District Karnali 2,451 350,80499 Dailekh District Karnali 1,502 261,770 90 Jajarkot DistrictKarnali 2,230 171,30477 Kailali District Sudurpashchim 3,235 775,709 126 Achham DistrictSudurpashchim 1,680 257,47791 Doti DistrictSudurpashchim 2,025 211,74665 Bajhang DistrictSudurpashchim 3,422 195,159 94 Bajura District Sudurpashchim 2,188 134,91269 Kanchanpur DistrictSudurpashchim 1,610 451,24892 Dadeldhura DistrictSudurpashchim 1,538 142,09452 Baitadi DistrictSudurpashchim 1,519 250,89884Darchula DistrictSudurpashchim 2,322 133,27461777147,641.2826,494,5046,743
No. of wards (local level body wise)
There are 753 local government bodies which are further divided into 6743 wards which is the smallest unit of local government in Nepal.