Gaurigunj
Gauriganj is a rural municipality out of seven rural municipality located in Jhapa District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 15 municipalities in Jhapa in which 8 are urban and 7 are rural.
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Gauriganj has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 33038 as of Census of Nepal 2011.
Korobari, Mahabhara, Khajurgachhi and Gauriganj which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body.
The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Gauriganj.
