Vyas Municipality (व्यास नगरपालिका) is an urban municipality and local government of Nepal located in Tanahun District, Gandaki Province. Its headquarters is in Damauli, which is also the district headquarters of Tanahun. The municipality was declared in Chaitra 2048 BS after the restoration of multiparty democracy in Nepal.
Vyas Municipality provides local government services through 14 wards. Its services cover public administration, vital registration, education, health, infrastructure, agriculture, social welfare, taxation, local development, and resource management.
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Local Government | Vyas Municipality |
| Nepali Name | व्यास नगरपालिका |
| District | Tanahun |
| Province | Gandaki Province |
| Headquarters | Damauli |
| Municipality Type | Urban Municipality |
| Wards | 14 |
| Service Area | Local government services and municipal administration |
Vyas Municipality local government services are delivered through the municipal office and its ward-level structure. The municipality provides administrative and development-related services for residents within its jurisdiction.
The service areas include health and population, education, agriculture and livestock development, transportation, land registration support, urban planning, local development projects, tax collection, social security, social welfare distribution, water resources, irrigation, forestry, communication and information technology, science and technology, youth, and sports.
Vyas Municipality provides vital registration services for residents. These services include registration related to:
Birth
Death
Marriage
Migration
Divorce
Vital registration is one of the core administrative functions of the local government and is handled through the municipal and ward-level service structure.
The municipality provides services related to basic and secondary education. Its education-related work includes support for public school buildings, room additions, roof repairs, and furniture construction.
Vyas Municipality has 119 educational institutions. School statistics include 75 public institutions, 43 private institutions, and 1 religious institution. Level-based figures include pre-school, basic, secondary, and Plus-2 levels.
Vyas Municipality provides health and population-related services through municipal health facilities and local service channels.
Health facilities in the municipality include:
2 government hospitals
5 private hospitals
10 health posts
10 urban health centers
5 basic health centers
1 district Ayurveda facility
3 Ayurveda dispensaries
36 clinics
These facilities support local health service access across urban, semi-urban, and rural areas of the municipality.
Agriculture remains a major source of daily livelihood in Vyas Municipality. The municipality’s service areas include agricultural and livestock development, improved agriculture systems, activation of community forest user committees, and public awareness programs.
The municipality also works with local resource use, forestry, water resources, irrigation, tree plantation, and environmental balance.
Vyas Municipality provides services connected with local infrastructure, transportation, urban planning, and development projects.
The municipality has recorded:
161.49 km blacktopped roads
25.19 km gravel roads
722.81 km earthen roads, including track roads
857 metres of main drainage
79,223 metres of branch drainage
The municipality has also carried out works related to concrete bridges, temporary bridges, steel bridges, and culverts.
The municipality works on medium and small drinking water projects and hands them over to consumers. Its service priorities include clean and safe drinking water, water resources, irrigation, sanitation, landfill sites, and drainage programs.
In sanitation, 11.5 tons of solid waste are collected daily in the market area.
Vyas Municipality provides social security and social welfare distribution services. Its development priorities include support for women, Indigenous groups, backward classes, and communities through social service infrastructure and skill-based training programs.
The municipality also prioritizes fulfilling minimum basic needs in rural areas and supporting literacy programs for residents.
Vyas Municipality collects local taxes and municipal revenue. Its main revenue sources include shop shutter rent, integrated property tax, building map approval fees, gravel, and sand.
The municipality’s own-source income increased from Rs. 2.3 million in fiscal year 2049/50 BS to around Rs. 195.4 million in fiscal year 2078/79 BS.
The municipality’s local government service areas include science and technology, communication and information technology, youth, and sports. Electricity supply has reached about 99.8%. In the urban area, 2,781 telephone lines have been distributed, and mobile service has reached all rural areas.
Municipal development priorities also include organized bus parks, stadiums, solar energy use in electrification, old pole replacement, and installation of new poles.
The headquarters of Vyas Municipality is located in Damauli, Tanahun District, Gandaki Province.
Vyas Municipality has 14 wards.
Vyas Municipality provides registration services related to birth, death, marriage, migration, and divorce.
Yes. Vyas Municipality provides services related to basic and secondary education and has worked on public school buildings, room additions, roof repairs, and furniture construction.
Health facilities include government hospitals, private hospitals, health posts, urban health centers, basic health centers, Ayurveda facilities, dispensaries, and clinics.
The municipality works on roads, drainage, bridges, culverts, transportation, urban planning, drinking water, sanitation, and local development projects.
.jpg)
