Lamahi Municipality

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Lamahi Municipality is a municipality in Dang District of Lumbini Province, Nepal. It was created in 2015 as part of the conversion from the old zone/village development committee structure to the province/municipality structure. [1] In 2011 (2068 VS) the municipality had a population of 47,655 with 9,432 households. [1]

Lamahi Municipality combined the VDCs of Sonpur and Chailahi. [2]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Lamahi Municipality had a population of 48,012. Of these, 59.0% spoke Tharu, 37.6% Nepali, 0.9% Hindi, 0.9% Magar, 0.8% Awadhi, 0.3% Newar, 0.3% Urdu, 0.2% Maithili and 0.1% Kham as their first language. [3]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 59.9% were Tharu, 11.0% Chhetri, 9.3% Hill Brahmin, 6.3% Magar, 3.6% Kumal, 2.1% Kami, 1.1% Damai/Dholi, 1.1% Musalman, 1.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.9% Thakuri, 0.7% Newar, 0.5% Sarki, 0.4% Kathabaniyan, 0.4% Yadav, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.2% Kusunda, 0.1% Gurung, 0.1% Halwai, 0.1% Kalwar, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Rai, 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% other Terai and 0.2% others. [4]

In terms of religion, 95.1% were Hindu, 2.6% Christian, 1.2% Buddhist and 1.1% Muslim. [5]

In terms of literacy, 70.3% could read and write, 1.6% could only read and 27.9% could neither read nor write. [6]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "लमही नगरपालिका" [Lamahi Municipality] (in Nepali). Office of the Lamahi Municipality. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018.
  2. Emergency Response Preparedness: District Profile: Dang (PDF) (Map). United Nations, Nepal Information Platform. June 2016.
  3. NepalMap Language
  4. NepalMap Caste
  5. NepalMap Religion
  6. NepalMap Literacy

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