Mahankal Rural Municipality Explained

Official Name:Mahankal Rural Municipality
Native Name:महाङ्काल गाउँपालिका
Settlement Type:Rural Municipality
Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map:Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Coordinates:27.5°N 85.4°W
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name2:Lalitpur District
Established Title3:Established
Established Date3:March 2017
Leader Name:Ganesh Kc
Leader Title1:Vice Chairperson
Leader Name1:Dolma Maya Tamang
Area Total Km2:82.44
Population Total:9,453
Population Density Km2:114.66
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

In terms of religion, 59.3% were Hindu, 39.8% Buddhist and 0.9% Christian.[4]

In terms of literacy, 71.2% could read and write, 2.9% could only read and 25.9% could neither read nor write.[5]

References

  1. Web site: गाउँपालिका र नगरपालिका कायमगर्ने गरि उक्त एकाईहरुको नाम, संख्या, सीमाना, केन्द्र र वडाको सीमाना सहितको विवरण. 11 August 2017. MOFALD. 19 September 2017.
  2. https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=local-25006&geo_ids=local-25006,district-38,province-3,country-NP NepalMap Language
  3. https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=local-25006&geo_ids=local-25006,district-38,province-3,country-NP NepalMap Caste
  4. https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=local-25006&geo_ids=local-25006,district-38,province-3,country-NP NepalMap Demographics
  5. https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=local-25006&geo_ids=local-25006,district-38,province-3,country-NP NepalMap Literacy