Chhededaha ( ne, छेडेदह गाउँपालिका) is a newly formed
rural municipality in
Bajura District in the
Sudurpashchim Province
Sudurpashchim Province ( ne, सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, ''Sudurpashchim Province'') (''Far-West Province'') is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September ...
of
Nepal. It was formed in March, 2017 in line with the
Constitution of Nepal 2015 as per the requirement of
Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. The name of this municipality is originated after the name famous ''taal'' of this area ''Chhededha Taal''.
History
It is formed by merging previous
VDCs named
Kanda,
Jayabageshwari
Jayabageshwari is a village in Bajura District in the Seti Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with ...
,
Gudukhati,
Atichaur and
Dogadi.
Chhededaha Rural Municipality has an area of and the population of this municipality is 18,575. It is the biggest rural municipality in terms of population and fourth biggest on the basis of area. It is divided into seven wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is at
Dogadi.
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 ...
, Chhededaha Rural Municipality had a population of 18,741. Of these, 99.9% spoke
Nepali
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and 0.1% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 73.4% were
Chhetri, 8.2%
Kami, 3.7%
Sarki, 3.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 2.8%
Damai/Dholi, 2.6%
Thakuri, 1.6%
Hill Brahmin, 1.4% other
Dalit, 1.4%
Badi, 0.7%
Tharu, 0.3%
Lohar, 0.3%
Kumal, 0.1% other Terai and 0.2% others.
In terms of religion, 99.8% 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 ...
, 0.1%
Buddhist and 0.1% others.
In terms of literacy, 49.0% could read and write, 1.9% could only read and 49.1% could neither read nor write.
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References
{{Bajura District
Rural municipalities in Bajura District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017