Vyas Municipality

For other uses, see Vyasa (disambiguation).

Vyas (Byas), is a municipality of Tanahun District located in Gandaki Province in Nepal and incorporates the village Damauli, the district headquarters, for which the municipality is also often referred to as Damauli.^[2] The municipality was established by merging the former Village development committee Damauli with several of its neighbors,^[when?] the most recent merger being the one with Pokhari Bhanjyang in 2014. It lies on the bank of Madi Khola.

Vyas Municipality व्यास नगरपालिका
Municipality
Madi River at Damauli
Motto(s):  विविधतायुक्त गाउँ-शहर, समृद्द मेरो व्यास नगर[citation needed]
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Coordinates: 27°58′35″N 84°16′05″E
Country	Nepal
Province	Gandaki
District	Tanahun
Government
• Mayor	Baikuntha Neupane (NC)
• Deputy Mayor	Indira Darai (NC)
Area
• Total	86 km2 (33 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	70,335
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code	33900[1]
Website	http://vyasmun.gov.np/

It is one of the municipalities, which could be formed after the re-establishment of multiparty democracy in 1991 A.D.^[3] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 70,335 people living in 18,339 individual households.^[4]

Many scriptures including Himwat khanda of Skanda purana mentions that Sage Vedavyasha was born in an island nearby confluence of two Gandaki rivers, (माद्रिका शुक्लगण्डक्यो:संगमे) which lies in a present day Damauli city of Tanahun district in Nepal. After his name, the municipality was named as Vyash nagarpalika.^[5][6]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Vyas Municipality had a population of 71,051. Of these, 64.7% spoke Nepali, 14.7% Magar, 6.6% Gurung, 4.7% Newar, 4.6% Darai, 1.0% Urdu, 0.8% Bote, 0.6% Bhojpuri, 0.5% Tamang, 0.4% Dura, 0.3% Maithili, 0.2% Chepang, 0.2% Hindi, 0.1% Bhujel, 0.1% Kumhali, 0.1% Rai, 0.1% Tharu and 0.1% other languages as their first language.^[7]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 20.1% were Magar, 15.4% Hill Brahmin, 13.1% Chhetri, 8.5% Gurung, 8.1% Newar, 7.9% Kami, 4.9% Darai, 4.2% Sarki, 3.7% Damai/Dholi, 2.2% Gharti/Bhujel, 2.0% Kumal, 1.9% Musalman, 1.9% Thakuri, 1.2% Bote, 1.1% Dura, 1.0% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% Tamang, 0.3% Chepang/Praja, 0.3% Rai, 0.2% Badi, 0.2% other Dalit, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% Tharu, 0.1% Yadav and 0.2% others.^[8]

In terms of religion, 88.8% were Hindu, 6.0% Buddhist, 2.1% Christian, 1.8% Muslim, 0.5% Prakriti, 0.4% Bon and 0.4% others.^[9]

In terms of literacy, 79.9% could read and write, 2.0% could only read and 18.0% could neither read nor write.^[10]

Ward Profile

There are 14 wards in Vyas Municipality:

Vyas Municipality Ward Profile

	Present Ward	Former Municipality/VDC	Former Ward	Ward Chairman
	1	Vyas	1	Ramesh Chandra Hadkhale
	2	Vyas	2	Kashiram Shrestha
	3	Vyas	10	Anup Rana
	4	Vyas	11	Man Bahadur Gurung
	5	Vyas	6,7,8	Bishnu Kumar Shrestha
	6	Shyamgha V.D.C		Jiwan Gurung
	7	Kyamin V.D.C,	1,3,7-9	Krishna Prashad Neupane
	8	Kyamin V.D.C and Risti V.D.C	6, 1-5,7-9	Yuwaraj Gurung
	9	Kyamin V.D.C, Tanahunsur V.D.C, Satiswara V.D.C	(2,4,5),(6,7,8),(6,9)	Suresh Thapa
	10	Vyas	5,9	Khemraj Pokhrel
	11	Vyas, Ghansikuwa V.D.C, Tanahunsur V.D.C	(3,4),(6),(4,5,7,9)	Dal Bahadur Dura
	12	Ghasikuwa V.D.C	2-5,7,8	Bam Bahadur Ale
	13	Vyas	12,13,14	Basanta Ale
	14	Keshavtar	2-7	Kaji Man Shrestha

Media

To promote local culture Vyas has four FM radio stations. That are Radio Bhanubhakta, Damauli F.M, Smart F.M, and Madi Seti FM, all of which are community radio stations.^{[citation needed]}

Transportation

Vyas lies on Prithvi Rajmarg, a highway from Kathmandu to Pokhara.

References

1. "Postal Code of Tanahun D.P.O." General Post Office. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
2. "Brief Introduction". Vyas Municipality. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
3. "Brief Introduction | Vyas Municipality". vyasmun.gov.np. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
4. "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
5. "Gurukul Sanskrit Nepal (गुरुकुल संस्कृत नेपाल ): Maharsi Vedavyasha". Gurukul Sanskrit Nepal (गुरुकुल संस्कृत नेपाल ). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
6. "Damauli". Holy Dham. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018. The most important location here is the birth place of Sage Vyasadeva. This vyasadev belongs to a different kalpa and is not the current Vyasa known as Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa.
7. NepalMap Language district-72, province-4, country-NP
8. NepalMap Caste
9. NepalMap Religion
10. NepalMap Literacy

External links

• UN map of the municipalities of Tanahu District