Mohanyal is a former
village development committee that is now a rural municipality in
Kailali District in
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 western
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. 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 3917 living in 614 individual households.
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 ...
, Mohanyal Rural Municipality had a population of 22,053. Of these, 74.5% spoke
Nepali
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, 14.8%
Magar, 4.8%
Achhami, 1.9%
Doteli, 1.6%
Kham
Kham (; )
is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham ...
, 1.1%
Dailekhi, 0.5%
Raji, 0.3%
Jumli
Jumli or Jumli Khas is an Indo-Aryan language of Nepal closely related to Nepali. It is primarily spoken in the Karnali Province of Nepal. The language is occasionally referred to as a dialect of Nepali language however Government of Nepal consid ...
, 0.2%
Maithili, 0.1%
Tharu and 0.1% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 28.8% were
Magar, 24.9%
Chhetri, 16.7%
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 ...
, 12.9%
Hill Brahmin, 4.6%
Thakuri, 4.1%
Damai/Dholi, 2.5%
Sarki, 1.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.2% other
Dalit
Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the Caste system in India, castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold Varna (Hinduism), varna syste ...
, 0.6%
Raji, 0.5%
Tharu, 0.4%
Badi, 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 ...
, 0.3%
Lohar, 0.2%
Gurung, 0.2% Majhi, 0.1%
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* Dom La Nena (born 1989), stage name of Brazilian-born cellist, singer and songwriter Dominique Pinto
* Dom people, an et ...
, 0.1%
Kumal, 0.1%
Tamang, 0.1%
Teli
Teli is a caste traditionally occupied in the pressing of oil in India, Nepal and Pakistan. Members may be either Hindu or Muslim; Muslim Teli are called Roshandaar or Teli Malik. The Jewish community of Maharashtra (called Bene Israel) was als ...
and 0.2% others.
In terms of religion, 80.0% were
Hindu
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, 17.3%
Buddhist
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, 1.3%
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 ...
, 0.9%
Prakriti and 0.4% others.
In terms of literacy, 58.8% could read and write, 3.0% could only read and 38.1% could neither read nor write.
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References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Kailali District
Populated places in Kailali District
Rural municipalities in Kailali District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
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