Phedap ( ne, फेदाप गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality ( gaunpalika) out of four rural municipality located in

Tehrathum District Tehrathum District ( ne, तेह्रथुम जिल्ला ), is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of Nepal. Demographics Religion Languages Geographics See also * Radio Tehrathum * Zones of Nepal Until the esta ...

of Koshi Province of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. There are a total of 6 municipalities in Tehrathum in which 2 are urban and 4 are rural. According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Phedap has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 17700 as of Census of Nepal 2011.

Oyakjung Oyakjung is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Terhathum District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal (Purvanchal Nepal). At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the ...

Jaljale Jaljale is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Terhathum District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bur ...

Simle Simle is a former village development committee in the Himalayas of Terhathum District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5073 people living in 898 individual households. On 10 March 2 ...

Ishibu Ishibu () is one of the 32 village development committees of Tehrathum District in Province No. 1 of Nepal. This village is to the north of the district headquarters at Myanglung. It had a population of 2846 in 616 households according to the c ...

and

Samdu Samdu is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Terhathum District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau ...

which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

). The rural municipality is divided into total 5 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in

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 ...

, Phedap Rural Municipality had a population of 17,700. Of these, 51.6% 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 ...

, 38.6%

Limbu Limbu may refer to: * Limbu people, an indigenous tribe living in Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan ** Rambahadur Limbu (born 1939), Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross * Limbu language * Limbu script ** Limbu (Unicode block) Limbu is a Unicod ...

, 4.8% Tamang, 2.3%

Kulung Kulung may refer to: * Kulung people, an ethnic group of Nepal * Kulung language (Nepal), a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal * Kulung language (Chad), a Chadic language of Chad * Kulung language (West Chadic), a Chadic language of Nigeria * Kulung l ...

, 1.1% Rai, 0.6%

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%

Wambule Wambule (; ne, वाम्बुले, translit=Vāmbulē) is a Kiranti language language spoken by the Wambule Rai, one of the Rai groups belonging to the Kiranti (किरान्ती) ethnolinguistic family of eastern Nepal. Wambule is ...

, 0.2%

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

, 0.1% Magar, 0.1% Maithili and 0.2% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 40.4% were

, 18.5% Chhetri, 15.5% Hill Brahmin, 4.9% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 4.8% Tamang, 3.5%

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 ...

, 2.9% Damai/Dholi, 2.6% Rai, 1.7%

, 1.6% Gharti/

Bhujel Bhujel or Gharti is a caste group in Nepal. The inhabitants living near the Bhuji Khola river called Bhujel. Bhujel are divided into four subcaste – Bhujyal, Gharti, Nisel and Khawas. Most of the Bhujel of Nepal speaks Nepali language but some ...

, 1.4%

, 1.0% Sarki, 0.5% Majhi, 0.3% Badi, 0.2% Sunuwar, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Magar and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 54.8% 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 ...

, 39.5% Kirati, 4.8%

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 ...

, 0.6%

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 0.2% others. In terms of literacy, 71.9% could read and write, 2.2% could only read and 25.9% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

Official website

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Rural municipalities in Koshi Province Populated places in Tehrathum District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 Rural municipalities in Tehrathum District {{Terhathum-geo-stub