Tripurasundari,_Dhading

Tripurasundari Rural Municipality, Dhading

Tripurasundari Rural Municipality, Dhading

Rural Municipality in Bagmati Province, Nepal

This article is about rural municipality in Dhading District. For other uses, see Tripurasundari.

Tripurasundari is a rural municipality located within the Dhading District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The rural municipality spans 271.23 square kilometres (104.72 sq mi), with a total population of 22,960 according to a 2011 Nepal census.[1][2]

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On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures.[3][4] The previous Salyantar, Mulpani, Salyankot, Aginchok and Tripureshwar VDCs were merged to form Tripurasundari. Tripurasundari is divided into 7 wards, with Salyantar declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Tripurasundari Rural Municipality had a population of 22,992. Of these, 95.2% spoke Nepali, 1.3% Tamang, 1.2% Kumhali, 0.6% Ghale, 0.6% Gurung, 0.5% Newar, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Magar, 0.1% Urdu and 0.1% other languages as their first language.[5]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 26.5% were Chhetri, 13.2% Hill Brahmin, 12.2% Magar, 9.9% Newar, 9.8% Kumal, 6.3% Sarki, 4.2% Kami, 3.6% Damai/Dholi, 3.5% Darai, 3.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 2.5% Thakuri, 2.0% Gurung, 1.5% Tamang, 0.8% Ghale, 0.3% Musalman, 0.2% Majhi, 0.1% Rai, 0.1% Terai Brahmin and 0.3% others.[6]

In terms of religion, 96.5% were Hindu, 1.6% Christian, 1.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Muslim and 0.2% others.[7]

In terms of literacy, 64.0% could both read and write, 2.6% could read but not write and 33.4% could neither read nor write.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  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]
    NepalMap Language
  6. [6]
    NepalMap Caste
  7. [7]
    NepalMap Religion
  8. [8]
    NepalMap Literacy


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