Chamunda Bindrasaini ( ne, चामुण्डा बिन्द्रासैनी) is an urban

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in Dailekh District of Karnali Province of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. The total area of the municipality is and the total population of the municipality as of

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 26,149 individuals. The municipality is divided into total 9 wards. The municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when

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restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units as per the new constitution of Nepal 2015. Lyati Bindraseni,

Chamunda Chamunda (Sanskrit: चामुण्डा, ISO-15919: Cāmuṇḍā), also known as Chamundeshwari, Chamundi or Charchika, is a fearsome form of Chandi, the Hindu Divine Mother Shakti and is one of the seven Matrikas (mother goddesses).W ...

and Jambukandh

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were Incorporated to form this new municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Jambukandh

Demographics

At the time of the

, Chamunda Bindrasaini Municipality had a population of 26,149. Of these, 99.0% spoke

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, 0.9% Tamang and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 24.0% were Thakuri, 20.5%

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, 20.4% Hill Brahmin, 19.9% Chhetri, 6.2% Damai/Dholi, 4.6% Magar, 2.1% Sarki, 1.1% Tamang, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3% Gurung, 0.2% Badi, 0.1% Lohar and 0.1% others. In terms of religion, 96.5% were

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and 3.5%

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. In terms of literacy, 56.9% could read and write, 3.6% could only read and 39.4% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

*http://chamundabindrasainimun.gov.np/ {{Dailekh District Populated places in Dailekh District Municipalities in Karnali Province