Gadhawa Rural Municipality [1] (Nepali: गढवा गाउँपालिका sometimes गडवा गाउँपालिका) is located in Deukhuri valley of Dang district of Lumbini Province, Nepal.

[3] During local level restructuring, this rural municipality was formed by annexing former four VDCs named Gobardiya, Gangapraspur, Gadhawa and Koilabas.

This rural municipality has a 358.57 square km area and is divided into 8 wards.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Gadhawa Rural Municipality had a population of 38,663.

[4] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 45.5% were Tharu, 9.0% Chhetri, 8.4% Magar, 8.3% Kumal, 7.7% Yadav, 5.5% Hill Brahmin, 3.3% Kami, 3.1% Musalman, 1.9% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.7% Damai/Dholi, 1.3% Sarki, 0.7% Thakuri, 0.4% Bote, 0.4% Gurung, 0.4% Newar, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.3% Majhi, 0.2% Halwai, 0.2% Kathabaniyan, 0.2% Lodh, 0.2% Teli, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 0.1% Dusadh/Paswan/Pasi, 0.1% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.1% Hajam/Thakur, 0.1% Kahar, 0.1% Rai, 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% other Terai and 0.2% others.