| Official Name: | Jagannath Rural Municipality |
| Native Name: | जगन्नाथगाउँपालिका |
| Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sudurpashchim Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bajura |
| Subdivision Type3: | Rural Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Jagannath Rural Municipality |
| Subdivision Type4: | No.of wards |
| Subdivision Name4: | 6 |
| Government Type: | Gaunpalika Rural Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Kali Bahadur Shahi |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Marukala Bista |
| Area Total Km2: | 171.72 |
| Population As Of: | 2017/18 |
| Population Total: | 9,432 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religion |
| Population Blank2: | Hindu |
| Timezone: | Nepal Time |
| Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
| Coordinates: | 29.45°N 81.62°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 10600 |
| Blank Name: | Headquarter |
| Blank Info: | juddi |
Jagannath Rural Municipality (ne|जगन्नाथ गाउँपालिका) is the newly formed rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal.[1] It was formed in March 2017, when Government of Nepal decided to restrict all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015.[2]
It was formed by merging previous VDC named Gotre, and ward no 1 to 8 of Jagannath.[3] First it was named as PandavGufa rural municipality, later on the name was changed to Jagannath Rural municipality. Jagannath Rural Municipality has an area of and the population of this municipality is 9,432. It is the third smallest rural municipality in terms of population and area. It is divided into six wards and the headquarter of this newly formed municipality is at Juddi. It is unique in its unity in diversity.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Jagannath Rural Municipality had a population of 9,432. Of these, 99.7% spoke Nepali and 0.3% other languages as their first language.[4]
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 43.1% were Chhetri, 16.6% Sarki, 13.4% Thakuri, 10.8% Damai/Dholi, 5.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 5.2% Kami, 3.9% Lohar, 0.9% Hill Brahmin, 0.2% Dhanuk, 0.1% Tharu and 0.2% others.[5]
In terms of religion, 99.7% were Hindu and 0.3% Christian.[6]
In terms of literacy, 53.5% could read and write, 2.5% could only read and 44.0% could neither read nor write.[7]