Khaniyabas (Nepali: खनियाबास; khaniyabas) is a Gaupalika(Nepali: गाउपालिका ; gaupalika)[2] Formerly: village development committee) in Dhading District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal.

The local body was formed by merging three VDCs namely Jharlang, Darkha and Satyadevi.

The population of the rural municipality is 12,749 according to the data collected on 2017 Nepalese local elections.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Khaniyabas Rural Municipality had a population of 12,749.

[3] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 88.2% were Tamang, 4.2% Kami, 2.8% Magar, 1.1% Hill Brahmin, 0.9% Damai/Dholi, 0.9% Gurung, 0.8% Chhetri, 0.4% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.4% Newar, 0.1% Sarki and 0.3% others.