Vyas Municipality
Vyas Municipality
व्यास नगरपालिका | |
|---|---|
Madi River at Damauli | |
| Motto(s): विविधतायुक्त गाउँ-शहर, समृद्द मेरो व्यास नगर | |
| Coordinates: 27°58′35″N 84°16′05″E / 27.97639°N 84.26806°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 |
| Website | http://vyasmun.gov.np/ |
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. The municipality was established by merging the former Village development committee Damauli with several of its neighbors, the most recent merger being the one with Pokhari Bhanjyang in 2014. It lies on the bank of Madi Khola.
It is one of the municipalities, which could be formed after the re-establishment of multiparty democracy in 1991 A.D. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 70,335 people living in 18,339 individual households.
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.