Village development committee (Nepal)


A Village Development Committee in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, similar to municipalities but with greater public-government interaction and administration. There were 3,157 village development committees in Nepal. Each VDC was further divided into several wards depending on the population of the district, the average being nine wards.

Purpose

The purposes of a VDC were:
In a VDC, there was one elected chief, usually elected with an over 80% majority. A chief was elected from each ward. With these, there were four members elected or nominated. To keep data and records, and to manage administrative works, there was one village secretary. The position was a permanent appointment by the government, from whom they received a salary. The ward members, ward chief, and VDC chiefs were not paid a salary, but they obtained money according to presence. VDCs were guided from the district development committee, headquarters, and the chief of DDC was a local development officer. Population and housing details of VDCs in Nepal were provided by the National Population and Housing Census, in 1991, 2001 and 2011.

Dissolution of VDC

The Village Development Committee was dissolved on 10 March 2017 to be replaced by the Gaunpalika. Previously, the Panchayat was dissolved and turned into the VDC by the Constitution of Nepal 1990.