Machhapuchchhre is a Gaunpalika and former village development committee in Kaski District in the Gandaki Province of northern-central 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 Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...

it had a population of 1,881 persons living in 378 individual households. Machhapuchhre Mountain

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 ...

, Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality had a population of 21,920. Of these, 82.0% spoke

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, 12.4% Gurung, 4.5% Tamang, 0.5% Magar, 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 ...

, 0.1% Rai and 0.3% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 30.2% were Hill Brahmin, 14.7% Gurung, 12.5% Kami, 8.0% Magar, 7.7% Chhetri, 7.3% Sarki, 6.5% Tamang, 5.9% Damai/Dholi, 2.2% other Dalit, 1.3% Thakuri, 1.1%

, 0.9% Gharti/ Bhujel, 0.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2% Badi, 0.2% Rai, 0.1%

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, 0.1% Tharu and 0.3% others. In terms of religion, 83.9% 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 ...

, 14.1% Buddhist, 1.1%

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 ...

, 0.3%

Bon ''Bon'', also spelled Bön () and also known as Yungdrung Bon (, "eternal Bon"), is a Tibetan religious tradition with many similarities to Tibetan Buddhism and also many unique features.Samuel 2012, pp. 220-221. Bon initially developed in t ...

, 0.1% Kirati, 0.1%

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

and 0.4% others. In terms of literacy, 69.7% could both read and write, 2.3% could read but not write and 28.0% could neither read nor write.NepalMap Literacy
/ref> According to 2021 Nepal Census, it had a population of 22,898 (Twenty two thousands eight hundred ninety eight).

References

External links

UN map of the municipalities of Kaski District
Populated places in Kaski District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 Rural municipalities in Kaski District {{Kaski-geo-stub