Rangeli Municipality


Rangeli is a Municipality and rural market town in Morang District in the Koshi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. This municipality was formed merging existing four villages i.e.Amgachhi, Babiabirta, Darbesa and Rangeli itself since May 2014.
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 12,325 people living in 2463 individual households.
It is in the centre of a fertile agricultural region and there are numerous factories surrounding the town such as brick kilns and rice mills. Rangeli is linked by regular buses to the industrial city of Biratnagar.
Rangeli was once the district headquarters of Morang district, and was in the past a historically important trading town, although its role has declined over the last half a century with the growth of Biratnagar. Nevertheless, it remains an important market centre serving south-eastern Morang district.
The first recorded settlement in the region dates back to 7th century, when King Mung Mawrong Hang came to prominence in the historical terai lands of Limbuwan. He cleared much of the forest area in present-day Rangeli, east of Biratnagar, and built a town there. He named his Kingdom Morang after his name and rose to power.

Wards

There are 9 wards in Rangeli, made up from wards of the former village development committees as follows:
New wardIncluded VDC / MunicipalityPopulationArea
1Babiyabirta 693017.3
2Babiyabirta 769622.12
3Darvesha 519217.14
4Rangeli 33687.48
5Rangeli 520311.14
6Rangeli 51106.56
7Rangeli 70543.38
8Darvesha 512210.38
9Darvesha 633816.28