There are two municipalities & seven rural municipalities in Dolakha district. In nine local governments, there are 74 ward offices in the Dolakha district. Before implementing the new federal structure in Nepal, there were 2 municipalities and about 48 village development committees in Dolakha. Those municipalities and rural municipalities had ward offices as small units. After the new structure, there are now 2 municipalities and 7 rural municipalities in Dolakha, with a total of 9 local levels. There are ward offices as small units at this local level. Ward offices within the local level are the main units that represent the people and are close to the general people.