The municipality status of Kohalpur has been repeatedly stalled due to the failure to ratify the national constitution.

The purpose of TDC in Nepal is to organise people structurally at local level and creating a partnership between the community and the public sector for improved service delivery system.

In doing so, the TDC has an element of control and responsibility in development, and also ensures proper utilization and distribution of state funds and a greater interaction between government officials, NGOs and agencies.

The TDC within a given area will discuss education, water supply, basic health, sanitation and income and will also monitor and record progress which is displayed in census data.

Kohalpur has a total forest area of 1,025.1 hectares (2,533 acres) which is connected with the Bardia National Park in the Bardiya District.

The population affected by flooding is located near the Dudhuwa River, which crosses part of Kohalpur in the south-north direction.

The Medical College is one of the most important education centres of Kohalpur; it receives students from all around the country and also from India and, Sri Lanka.

Basic services do not cover all of Kohalpur's population and are sometimes limited to the planned area of the VDC, which is in Ward Number 3.

There is no official solid waste management system in Kohalpur; garbage collection, disposal and treatment are services that should be developed and provided for the population.

A small part of the remaining households use alternative environmentally friendly sources such as solar panels and biogas.

Due to political changes and the generated instability in Nepal from the past middle century, people from the hill area migrated to the Terai region.

In the present time, local authorities are not elected by citizen vote; they are nominated and designated by the government.