Chure Rural Municipality | |
Native Name: | चुरे गाँउपालिका |
Settlement Type: | Gaunpalika |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Sudurpashchim 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: | Sudurpashchim Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kailali District |
Local Languages: | Tharu |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Dhan Bahadur Rokka Magar(NCP) |
Leader Title1: | Vice Chairman |
Leader Name1: | Deepa Devi Saud (NCP) |
Area Total Km2: | 493 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 19,157 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | NST |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 28.94°N 80.58°W |
Postal Code Type: | Post code |
Postal Code: | 10900 |
Area Code: | 091 |
Official Languages: | Nepali |
Website: | https://churemun.gov.np/ |
Chure Rural Municipality (Nepali: चुरे गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Kailali District in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structure in which Village Development Committees have been replaced with Municipal and Village Councils. Chure is one of these 753 local units.[1] [2]
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Chure Rural Municipality had a population of 19,157. Of these, 47.5% spoke Nepali, 44.9% Doteli, 5.3% Magar, 1.1% Achhami, 0.5% Kham, 0.4% Tamang, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Sherpa and 0.2% other languages as their first language.[3]
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 41.4% were Chhetri, 25.9% Magar, 9.0% Hill Brahmin, 8.5% Kami, 6.9% Thakuri, 2.8% Sarki, 1.9% Damai/Dholi, 1.4% Tamang, 0.6% Gurung, 0.4% other Dalit, 0.4% Lohar, 0.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Rai, 0.1% Sherpa and 0.3% others.[4]
In terms of religion, 86.7% were Hindu, 11.7% Buddhist, 1.3% Christian and 0.3% others.[5]
In terms of literacy, 59.3% could read and write, 4.5% could only read and 36.1% could neither read nor write.[6]