Buddhashanti Rural Municipality
Buddhashanti
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Buddhashanti (
. Buddhashanti, according toThe rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Buddhashanti Rural Municipality had a population of 41,624. Of these, 72.9% spoke Nepali, 10.9% Limbu, 2.9% Rai, 2.3% Tamang, 1.8% Dhimal, 1.5% Magar, 1.3% Newar, 0.8% Maithili, 0.8% Tharu, 0.7% Rajbanshi, 0.4% Bantawa, 0.3% Bhojpuri, 0.3% Chamling, 0.3% Sherpa, 0.2% Danwar, 0.2% Gurung, 0.2% Kisan, 0.2% Kulung, 0.2% Lepcha, 0.2% Urdu, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Khaling, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Sunwar and 0.4% other languages as their first language.[4]
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 34.8% were Hill Brahmin, 13.1% Limbu, 11.4% Chhetri, 6.9% Rai, 6.2% Kami, 3.9% Newar, 3.7% Tamang, 3.3% Magar, 2.5% Damai/Dholi, 2.1% Dhimal, 1.1% Rajbanshi, 1.0% Tharu, 0.9% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.8% Sarki, 0.8% Sunuwar, 0.7% Gurung, 0.7% Kumal, 0.6% other Dalit, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Terai Brahmin, 0.4% Musalman, 0.4% Sherpa, 0.3% Danuwar, 0.3% Teli, 0.2% Kisan, 0.2% Kulung, 0.2% Lepcha, 0.2% Majhi, 0.2% Pattharkatta/Kushwadiya, 0.2% other Terai, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Chamling, 0.1% Hajjam/Thakur, 0.1% Halwai, 0.1% Khawas, 0.1% Musahar, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.9% others.[5]
In terms of religion, 75.8% were Hindu, 13.8% Kirati, 6.1% Buddhist, 2.5% Christian, 0.6% Prakriti, 0.5% Muslim and 0.7% others.[6]
In terms of literacy, 77.4% could read and write, 2.3% could only read and 20.3% could neither read nor write.[7]
References
- ^ MoFALD. Archived from the originalon 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "परिचय" [Introduction]. www.buddhashantimun.gov.np (in Nepali). Buddhashanti Rural Municipality. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ NepalMap Language [1]
- ^ NepalMap Caste [2]
- ^ NepalMap Religion [3]
- ^ NepalMap Literacy [4]
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