Shivalaya Rural Municipality


Shivalaya Rural Municipality is a rural municipality located in Jajarkot District of Karnali Province of Nepal.
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, Shivalaya has an area of and the total population of the rural municipality is 15,269 as of 2011 Nepal census.
Sima, Thala Raikar and Junga Thapachaur which previously were all separate Village development committees merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level bodies.
The rural municipality is divided into total 9 wards and the headquarters of this newly formed rural municipality is situated at Sima.