title: Mahawai Rural Municipality
text: # Mahawai Rural Municipality
  
  Mahawai (Nepali: महावै गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality located in Kalikot District of Karnali Province of Nepal.
  
  According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, Mahawai rural municipality has an area of 322.07 square kilometres (124.35 sq mi) and the total population of the rural municipality is 8,323 as of 2011 Nepal census.
  
  Gela, Odanaku and some parts of Chilkhaya 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 7 wards and the headquarters of this newly formed rural municipality is situated at Odanaku.
  
  