[1] It was formed in March 2017 in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015 as per the requirement of Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration.

It is formed by merging previous VDCs named Kolti, Kotila, Pandusain, ward no.

It is the second biggest municipality in terms of population and area of Bajura District.

It is divided into 10 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed municipality is situated at Kolti.

[3] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 52.5% were Chhetri, 9.6% Kami, 8.7% Lohar, 6.8% Hill Brahmin, 4.8% Thakuri, 4.8% Damai/Dholi, 4.5% Bhote, 3.3% Sarki, 2.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% other Dalit, 0.5% Mallaha, 0.5% Musalman, 0.3% Badi, 0.1% Newar and 0.3% others.