Bungal is a municipality located in
Bajhang District of
Sudurpashchim province of
Nepal. It is surrounded by
Darchula District in the west,
Baitadi District in the south,
Surma,
Chabispathivera,
Durgathali,
Kedarseu and
Bithadchir in the East and
Saipal touches it from the North.
On 10 March 2017
Government of Nepal announced 744 local level units as per the new
constitution of Nepal 2015. thus this local level unit came into existence. Total area of the municipality is and total population of the municipality (according to
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...
) is 33224. The municipality is divided into 11 wards. Dahbagar, Khidatari, Deulikot, Pipalkot and Kaflaseri are the previous villages which were merged to form this new local level unit.
Atpali Village is a village in Bungal municipality, and also the ancestral place of Kamalbathyal house.
Demographics
At the time of the
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...
, Bungal Municipality had a population of 33,224. Of these, 100.0% spoke
Nepali
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as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 79.8% were
Chhetri, 10.2%
Kami, 4.2%
Hill Brahmin, 1.7% other
Dalit, 1.6%
Thakuri, 1.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.0%
Damai/Dholi, 0.1%
Lohar, 0.1%
Sarki, 0.1% other Terai and 0.1% others.
In terms of religion, 100.0% were
Hindu
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.
In terms of literacy, 51.6% could read and write, 3.0% could only read and 45.3% could neither read nor write.
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References
External links
*http://mofald.gov.np/sites/default/files/News_Notices/Final%20District%201-75%20Corrected%20Last%20for%20RAJPATRA.pdf
*https://web.archive.org/web/20180831065451/http://103.69.124.141/
*http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-11/govt-prepares-to-add-9-more-local-levels-in-province-2.html
*https://www.citypopulation.de/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm2id=6802
Municipalities in Bajhang District
Municipalities of Nepal
Nepal municipalities established in 2017
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