Phakphokthum Rural Municipality
rural municipality in Province No. 1, Nepal
Phakphokthum (Nepali: फाकफोकथुम) is one of the six rural municipalities (Nepali: गाउँपालिका; gaunpalika) located in Ilam District of Koshi Province, Nepal. Out of Ilam's total 10 municipalities, six are rural and four urban.
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, Phakphokthum has an area of 108.79 square kilometres (42.00 mi2) and the population of the municipality is 21,619 as of the 2011 Nepal census.
It has 7 wards. Phakphok is the municipal headquarters.
History
Phakphokthum was a village development committee named Phakphok located in the Mechi Zone. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development converted all VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level bodies. Phakphok turned into a rural municipality as Phakphokthum and the adjoining village development committees added to this. The adjoining VDCs added to this were: Amchok, Phuyatappa, Lumde, Ektappa and Chamaita.
Economy
The major occupation of the people in this rural municipality is agriculture.
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