Aathrai Rural Municipality

Aathrai () is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of four rural municipality located in Tehrathum District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 6 municipalities in Tehrathum in which 2 are urban and 4 are rural.
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Aathrai has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 21747 as of Census of Nepal 2011.
Hawaku, Iwa, Chhate Dhunga, Chuhandanda Thoklung, Sankranti Bazar and Khamlalung which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).
The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Sankranti Bazar.
It is known widely for being the birthplace of current Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli