Khairahani

Khairahani Municipality खैरहनी नगरपालिका [खै.न.पा.]
Municipality
Khairahani Municipality
Nickname:  Khairahani
Khairahani Municipality Location in Nepal Show map of Bagmati Province Khairahani Municipality Khairahani Municipality (Nepal) Show map of Nepal
Coordinates: 27°34′16″N84°34′16″E / 27.571°N 84.571°E / 27.571; 84.571
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati
District	Chitwan
Government
•  Mayor	Sashi Kumar Khaniya (NC)
•  Deputy Mayor	Kabita Upreti (कविता उप्रेती) (CPN-UML)
Population  (2011)
• Total	56,925
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code	44203
Area code	056
Website	www.khairhanimun.gov.np

Khairahani is a municipality in the Chitwan District of Bagmati Province, southern Nepal. The municipality was established on 8 May 2014 by merging the former Village Development Committees (VDCs) of Khairahani, Kumroj, and Chainpur. ^{[1] [2]}

According to the 2011 Nepal census, Khairahani Municipality had a population of 56,925 people.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Khairahani Municipality had a population of 56,925.

Language

The most commonly spoken first languages were:

• Nepali – 60.2%
• Tharu – 25.8%
• Darai – 4.9%
• Tamang – 2.7%
• Bhojpuri – 2.1%
• Magar – 1.0%
• Newar – 0.9%
• Gurung – 0.7%
• Maithili – 0.6%
• Hindi – 0.4%
• Chepang – 0.3%
• Bote – 0.2%
• Kham – 0.1%
• Urdu – 0.1%
• Other languages – 0.1%

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Ethnicity/Caste

The ethnic or caste composition was:

• Tharu – 27.1%
• Hill Brahmin – 25.7%
• Chhetri – 14.1%
• Darai – 5.2%
• Magar – 4.3%
• Tamang – 4.3%
• Newar – 4.0%
• Kami – 3.0%
• Gurung – 2.8%
• Damai/Dholi – 1.7%
• Musalman – 1.2%
• Kanu – 0.6%
• Bote – 0.5%
• Chepang/Praja – 0.5%
• Sanyasi/Dasnami – 0.5%
• Sarki – 0.5%
• Gharti/Bhujel – 0.4%
• Gaine – 0.3%
• Kumal – 0.3%
• Thakuri – 0.3%
• Dusadh/Paswan/Pasi – 0.2%
• Majhi – 0.2%
• Musahar – 0.2%
• Rai – 0.2%
• Teli – 0.2%
• Chamar/Harijan/Ram – 0.1%
• Ghale – 0.1%
• Hajam/Thakur – 0.1%
• Halwai – 0.1%
• Kalwar – 0.1%
• Kathabaniyan – 0.1%
• Koiri/Kushwaha – 0.1%
• Mallaha – 0.1%
• Other Terai – 0.1%
• Yadav – 0.1%
• Others – 0.1%

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Religion

Religious affiliations were as follows:

• Hindu – 89.7%
• Buddhist – 6.1%
• Christian – 2.5%
• Muslim – 1.2%
• Prakriti – 0.1%
• Others – 0.4%

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Ward Profile

Presidents of Wards ^[6]

• Ward No. 1: Navaraj Bhusal (NC)
• Ward No. 2: Rohini Prasad Upreti (NC)
• Ward No. 3: Purna Bahadur Gurung (NC)
• Ward No. 4: Ved Bahadur Adhikari (CPN-UML)
• Ward No. 5: Chhatra Nath Subedi (CPN-UML)
• Ward No. 6: Kamal Prasad Neupane (CPN-UML)
• Ward No. 7: Maneger Mahato (CPN-UML)
• Ward No. 8: Shankar Kandel (NC)
• Ward No. 9: Bandhu Ram Mahato (CPN-UML)
• Ward No. 10: Chandra Vikram Chaudhary (NC)
• Ward No. 11: Dipendra Kumar Darai (CPN-UML)
• Ward No. 12: Kedar Nath Pant (NC)
• Ward No. 13: Kul Prasad Bhusal (CPN-UML)

References

1. "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
2. "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
3. NepalMap Language Data
4. NepalMap Caste Data
5. NepalMap Religion Data
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