Mahankal Rural Municipality
Mahankal Rural Municipality Nepali: महाङ्काल गाउँपालिका, is a Rural Municipality in Lalitpur District in Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established in 2017 by merging the former Village development committees Bukhel, Manikhel, Gotikhel, Chandanpur, Kaleshwar and Thuladurlung. The centre of this rural municipality is located at Old-Gotikhel.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Mahankal Rural Municipality had a population of 9,526. Of these, 58.2% spoke Nepali, 40.6% Tamang, 0.4% Sunwar, 0.3% Newar, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Pahari and 0.2% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 48.0% were Hill Brahmin, 41.1% Tamang, 6.2% Chhetri, 1.1% Damai/Dholi, 1.1% Brahmu/Baramo, 0.8% Kami, 0.4% Newar, 0.4% Sunuwar, 0.2% Magar, 0.1% Ghale, 0.1% Pahari and 0.5% others.
In terms of religion, 59.3% were Hindu, 39.8% Buddhist and 0.9% Christian.
In terms of literacy, 71.2% could read and write, 2.9% could only read and 25.9% could neither read nor write.
References
- ^ "गाउँपालिका र नगरपालिका कायमगर्ने गरि उक्त एकाईहरुको नाम, संख्या, सीमाना, केन्द्र र वडाको सीमाना सहितको विवरण". MOFALD. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ NepalMap Language
- ^ NepalMap Caste
- ^ NepalMap Demographics
- ^ NepalMap Literacy