Vyas Municipality


Vyas , is a municipality of Tanahun District located in Gandaki Pradesh in Nepal and incorporates the village Damauli, the district's headquarter, for which the municipality is also often referred to as Damauli. The municipality was established by merging the former Village development committee Damauli with several of its neighbors, the most recent merger being the one with Pokhari Bhanjyang in 2014. It lies on the bank of Madi Khola.
It is one of the municipalities, which could be formed after re-establishment of multiparty democracy in 1991 A.D. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 70,335 people living in 18,339 individual households.
It is believed that Sage Vyasadeva was born in the vicinity of Vyas, for which the municipality was named after him.

Ward Profile

There are 14 wards in Vyas Municipality:
Present WardFormer Municipality/VDCFormer WardWard Chairman
1Vyas1Karsing Darai
2Vyas2Kashiram Shrestha
3Vyas10Prem Kumar Shrestha
4Vyas11Bishow Raj Neupane
5Vyas6,7,8Mohan Kumar Shrestha
6Shyamgha V.D.CSurya Bhakta Bhandari
7Kyamin V.D.C,1,3,7-9Satish Chandra Neupane
8Kyamin V.D.C and Risti V.D.C6, 1-5,7-9Ojha Raj Paudel
9Kyamin V.D.C,Tanahunsur V.D.C, Satiswara V.D.C,,Suresh Thapa
10Vyas5,9Tulsi Ram Sapkota
11Vyas, Ghansikuwa V.D.C, Tanahunsur V.D.C,,Nir Bahadur Khadka
12Ghasikuwa V.D.C2-5,7,8Totra Bahadur Kunwar
13Vyas12,13,14Lekh Bahadur Rana
14Keshavtar2-7Kajiman Shrestha

Media

To Promote local culture Vyas has four FM radio station. That are Radio Bhanubhakta, Damauli F.M, Smart F.M, and Madi Seti FM, all of which are Community radio stations.

Transportation

Vyas lies on Prithvi Rajmarg, a highway from Kathmandu to Pokhara.