A village development committee (VDC) (Nepali: गाउँ बिकास समिति; Gāun Bikās Samiti) in Nepal is the lower administrative part of its local development ministry. Each district has several VDCs, similar to municipalities but with greater public-government interaction and administration. There are 3913 village development committees in Nepal. A VDC is further divided into wards (Nepali: वडा), the number depending on the population of the district, the average is nine wards.
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