🧭 Sewa Guide

Duplicate citizenship certificate (lost or damaged)

If your original citizenship certificate is lost or damaged, get a duplicate from the DAO with a police report and ward recommendation.

📍 District Administration Office (DAO), Okhaldhunga — where the original was issued, or the DAO of your current permanent address

Citizenship certificate for married women

How a married woman can either update her citizenship to her husband's address/surname, or keep her father's — both routes explained.

📍 District Administration Office (DAO), Okhaldhunga

Citizenship certificate

Apply for a citizenship certificate (by descent) at the District Administration Office once you turn 16.

📍 District Administration Office (DAO), Okhaldhunga

Birth registration

Register a birth free of charge within 35 days of the child's birth.

📍 Your ward office (local registrar)

Death registration

Register a death at the ward office within 35 days — free within that window, with a late fee afterward.

📍 The ward office where the death occurred, or where the deceased was permanently registered

Marriage registration

Legally register a marriage at the ward office and receive a marriage registration certificate.

📍 The ward office of either spouse's permanent address

Migration registration

Official proof that you've permanently moved from one ward/district to another — needed for government services at your new address.

📍 Your old ward office (to issue a departure certificate) and your new ward office (to register your arrival)

Land ownership transfer (Namsari)

Register a change of land ownership — sale, gift, or inheritance — at the Land Revenue (Malpot) Office.

📍 Land Revenue Office (Malpot), Okhaldhunga

Old age (senior citizen) allowance

A monthly social security allowance for citizens aged 70+ (60+ for Dalits, single women, and residents of the Karnali region).

📍 Your ward office

Single woman allowance

A monthly social security allowance for widowed or unmarried single women.

📍 Your ward office

Disability ID card and allowance

How persons with disabilities get a classified disability ID card and, depending on category, a monthly allowance.

📍 Your ward office (for a recommendation letter), then the district Women and Children Office / relevant district office (for the ID card)

PAN (Permanent Account Number) registration

A free, permanent tax-ID number issued by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) — needed for business, higher salaries, and most banking.

📍 Inland Revenue Office (online, or your nearest office)

Paying integrated property tax (house/land tax)

How to pay the annual property tax that your municipality or rural municipality collects on land and buildings.

📍 Your municipality/rural municipality revenue section

Business registration at ward/municipality level

Registering a shop, small business, or service at the ward or municipality/rural municipality level, before you can legally operate.

📍 Your ward office / municipality-rural municipality

School scholarship

Government scholarships for community-school students who are from low-income families, Dalit, have a disability, or have strong academic results.

📍 Your child's school (the school forwards applications to the local education section)

Passport (e-passport) application

How to pre-enroll online with the Department of Passports and get your e-passport through the District Administration Office.

📍 District Administration Office (DAO), Okhaldhunga (after online pre-enrollment)