Kalimati ( ne, कालिमाटी गाउँपालिका) is a
rural municipality located in
Salyan District Salyan may refer to:
Places Azerbaijan
*Salyan District (Azerbaijan), a district of Azerbaijan
*Salyan, Azerbaijan
Salyan ( az, Salyan), is a city and the capital of the Salyan District of Azerbaijan. The city of Salyan is industrialized and kn ...
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 ...
, Kalimati Rural Municipality had a population of 23,005. Of these, 96.9% spoke
Nepali
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* 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 ...
, 2.6%
Magar, 0.3%
Raute and 0.1% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 40.8% were
Chhetri, 34.6%
Magar, 10.7%
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 ...
, 3.9% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 3.6%
Damai/Dholi, 3.3%
Hill Brahmin, 1.2%
Sarki, 0.6%
Kumal, 0.4%
Badi, 0.3%
Gurung, 0.3%
Raute, 0.2%
Thakuri, 0.1% other Terai and 0.1% others.
In terms of religion, 95.7% 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 ...
, 2.8%
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 ...
, 1.4%
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 ...
and 0.1% others.
In terms of literacy, 63.8% could read and write, 4.4% could only read and 31.7% could neither read nor write.
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References
External links
Official website
Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal
Rural municipalities in Karnali Province
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
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