Anbu_Khaireni_Rural_Municipality

Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality

Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality

Rural Municipality in Gandaki Province, Nepal

Anbu Khaireni (also Aanbu Khaireni, Aanboo Khaireni or Anbukhaireni) (Nepali: आँबुखैरेनि गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Province of central Nepal which was established in 2015. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 11,450 people living in 2234 individual households. In the census of 2011 the municipality has 16,382 inhabitants.[1][2]

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In 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level units,[3][4] at that time the former Anbu Khaireni Municipality restableshed as a rural municipality with same name. The former Chhimkeshwari and Deurali VDCs also were incorporated with this new rural municipality. The rural municipality rearranged into 6 wards.[5]

The Andhi Khola River flows nearby. On its right bank is Satrasaya Phant, which was once a dense forest.[6] The Anpu copper mines lie within a kilometre from the village.[7]

To promote local culture Anbu khaireni has one FM radio station Mero Sathi FM - 107.2 MHz which is a Community radio station.And newly opened hospital Alisha healthcare polyclinic Pvt ltd.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality had a population of 20,840. Of these, 65.7% spoke Nepali, 15.1% Gurung, 13.3% Magar, 1.7% Newar, 1.4% Bhujel, 0.8% Bhojpuri, 0.4% Tamang, 0.3% Maithili, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Urdu, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Rai, 0.1% Sign language, 0.1% Thakali and 0.1% other languages as their first language.[8]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 30.8% were Gurung, 22.9% Magar, 9.2% Chhetri, 8.3% Newar, 7.8% Hill Brahmin, 5.8% Gharti/Bhujel, 5.4% Kami, 2.1% Damai/Dholi, 1.1% Badi, 1.0% Thakuri, 0.9% Tamang, 0.7% Chepang/Praja, 0.6% Musalman, 0.6% Sarki, 0.4% Kumal, 0.3% Kathabaniyan, 0.3% Rai, 0.2% Teli, 0.2% Tharu, 0.2% Yadav, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Hajam/Thakur, 0.1% Kalwar, 0.1% Mallaha, 0.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.1% Thakali and 0.6% others.[9]

In terms of religion, 76.8% were Hindu, 18.6% Buddhist, 2.9% Christian, 0.5% Bon, 0.5% Muslim, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.6% others.[10]

In terms of literacy, 75.0% could read and write, 1.7% could only read and 23.1% could neither read nor write.[11]


References

  1. [1]
    "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on 12 October 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Municipal profiles". www.muannepal.org.np. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. [3]
    "New local level structure comes into effect from today". www.thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. [4]
    "New local level units come into existence". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. [5]
    "District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. [6]
    Pradham, Rajendra (1997). Water Rights, Conflict and Policy: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Kathmandu, Nepal January 22-24, 1996. IWMI. p. 139. ISBN 978-92-9090-185-3.
  7. [7]
    Atlas of mineral resources of the ESCAP region: Geology and mineral resources of Nepal. United Nations. 1993. ISBN 9789211196122.
  8. [8]
    NepalMap Language
  9. [9]
    NepalMap Caste
  10. [10]
    NepalMap Religion
  11. [11]
    NepalMap Literacy


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