Bakaiya is a Rural municipality located within the Makwanpur District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans of area, with a total population of 39,620 according to a

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. On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Dhimal, Chhatiwan, Shikharpur, Manthali and Thingan VDCs were merged to form Bakaiya Rural Municipality. Bakaiya is divided into 12

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, with Chhatiwan declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

Demographics

At the time of the

, Bakaiya Rural Municipality had a population of 39,642. Of these, 73.1% spoke Tamang, 25.4%

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, 0.5% Magar, 0.3%

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, 0.3% Rai, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1%

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and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 73.3% were Tamang, 6.0% Hill Brahmin, 5.8% Chhetri, 3.3% Majhi, 3.0% Kami, 2.1% Rai, 1.4% Magar, 1.1% Danuwar, 1.1% Ghale, 0.4% Damai/Dholi, 0.4%

, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.3% Gurung, 0.3% Terai Brahmin, 0.2% Sunuwar, 0.1% Brahmu/Baramo, 0.1% Kalwar, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Pahari, 0.1%

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and 0.3% others. In terms of religion, 72.8% were Buddhist, 25.7%

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, 1.2%

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and 0.3% others. In terms of literacy, 56.3% could read and write, 3.1% could only read and 40.6% could neither read nor write.NepalMap Literacy
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References

External links

official website of the rural municipality
Rural municipalities in Makwanpur District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{Bagmati-geo-stub