Chaukune ( ne, चौकुने गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality located in Surkhet District of Karnali Province of Nepal.

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 ...

, Chaukune Rural Municipality had a population of 25,240. Of these, 82.4% spoke

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

, 16.4% Magar, 0.7% Raji, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1% Gurung, 0.1%

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 28.9% were Chhetri, 25.2%

Kami are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the sp ...

, 19.0% Magar, 14.6% Hill Brahmin, 6.2% Damai/Dholi, 2.1% Thakuri, 0.7% Raji, 0.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.6% Gurung, 0.4% Lohar, 0.4%

Newar Newar (; new, नेवार, endonym: Newa; new, नेवा, Pracalit script:) or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisatio ...

, 0.4% Sarki, 0.2% Badi, 0.2%

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

, 0.2% Majhi, 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Tharu and 0.1% others. In terms of religion, 87.1% were

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

, 12.4%

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

and 0.5%

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

. In terms of literacy, 66.5% could read and write, 3.5% could only read and 29.9% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

Official website
Populated places in Surkhet District Rural municipalities in Karnali Province Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{Surkhet-geo-stub