| Chhathar Jorpati | |
| Native Name: | छथर जोरपाटी गाउँपालिका |
| Settlement Type: | Rural Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Nepal Province1#Nepal |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Koshi Province |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 27°N 87.39°W |
| Subdivision Name: |  Nepal |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Koshi Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dhankuta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Wards |
| Subdivision Name3: | 6 |
| Government Type: | Village Council |
| Leader Title: | Chairperson |
| Leader Name: | Mr. Sher Bahadur Limbu (NCP) |
| Leader Title1: | Vice-chairperson |
| Leader Name1: | Mrs. Bhimkala Shrestha (NCP) |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 10 March 2017 |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Tankhuwa |
| Area Total Km2: | 102.83 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 18322 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | Nepal Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Website: | official website |
Chhathar Jorpati (ne|छथर जोरपाटी गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of four rural municipality located in Dhankuta District of Koshi Province of Nepal. There are a total of 7 municipalities in Dhankuta in which 3 are urban and 4 are rural.
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Chhathar Jorpati has an area of 102.83km2 and the total population of the municipality is 18322 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1] [2] To form this new Rural Municipality Hathikharka, Tankhuwa, Telia and Parewadin were merged, which previously were all separate Village development committee (local level administrative villages).[1] Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).
The Gaunpalika is divided into 6 wards and the Tankhuwa is the Headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality had a population of 18,322. Of these, 44.4% spoke Nepali, 31.6% Limbu, 11.3% Magar, 4.3% Tamang, 2.2% Sherpa, 2.2% Newar, 1.2% Gurung, 1.0% Rai, 0.7% Bhujel, 0.3% Maithili, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.2% other languages as their first language.[3]
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 32.3% were Limbu, 25.1% Chhetri, 11.6% Magar, 5.5% Hill Brahmin, 4.8% Tamang, 3.8% Newar, 2.8% Kami, 2.6% Sherpa, 2.5% Gurung, 2.4% Damai/Dholi, 2.0% Gharti/Bhujel, 1.6% Rai, 0.8% Sarki, 0.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3% Badi, 0.2% Bantawa, 0.2% Sunuwar, 0.1% Yadav, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.6% others.[4]
In terms of religion, 47.1% were Hindu, 31.4% Kirati, 18.9% Buddhist, 1.7% Christian, 0.5% Prakriti and 0.2% others.[5]
In terms of literacy, 72.5% could read and write, 1.5% could only read and 26.0% could neither read nor write.[6]