Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality Explained

Official Name:Barpak Sulikot
Native Name:सुलिकोट
Settlement Type:Rural Municipality
Pushpin Map:Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gandaki Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Gorkha District
Area Total Km2:200.63
Population As Of:2011
Population Note:2011 Nepal census
Population Total:2,5389
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:28.14°N 84.72°W

Barpak Sulikot is a Rural Municipality in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Province of northern-central Nepal.[1] After the merging of 7 village development committee, it's called Barpak Sulikot. [2] [3]

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality had a population of 25,399. Of these, 63.4% spoke Nepali, 22.9% Gurung, 7.8% Ghale, 3.2% Bajjika, 1.0% Magar, 0.9% Tamang, 0.5% Newar, 0.1% Urdu and 0.2% other languages as their first language.[4]

Ethnicity/Caste

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 39.0% were Gurung, 10.3% Brahmu/Baramo, 9.8% Hill Brahmin, 8.3% Chhetri, 8.1% Ghale, 5.5% Kami, 5.3% Magar, 5.0% Sarki, 3.4% Tamang, 2.5% Newar, 1.4% Damai/Dholi, 0.4% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.4% Thakuri, 0.2% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Musalman and 0.2% others.[5]

Religion

In terms of religion, 52.0% were Hindu, 42.0% Buddhist, 3.4% Christian, 2.4% Prakriti and 0.1% Muslim.[6]

Literacy

In terms of literacy, 60.8% could both read and write, 3.0% could read but not write and 36.1% could neither read nor write.[7]

References

  1. Web site: Sulikot.
  2. Web site: गोरखामा ११ वटा स्थानीय तह रहने, वारपाकीको असन्तुष्टि . ujyaaloonline.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161110123757/http://ujyaaloonline.com/news/65892/gorkha-gaupalika . 2016-11-10.
  3. Web site: You are being redirected... . thehimalayantimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170506204242/http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/special-security-polls-gorkha/ . 2017-05-06.
  4. NepalMap Language https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=local-36011&geo_ids=local-36011,district-23,province-4,country-NP
  5. NepalMap Caste https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=local-36011&geo_ids=local-36011,district-23,province-4,country-NP
  6. NepalMap Religion https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=local-36011&geo_ids=local-36011,district-23,province-4,country-NP
  7. NepalMap Literacy https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=local-36011&geo_ids=local-36011,district-23,province-4,country-NP