Thantikandh ( ne, ठाँटीकाँध) is a
rural municipality located in
Dailekh District of
Karnali Province of
Nepal.
The total area of the rural municipality is and the total population of the rural municipality as of
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 ...
is 18,896 individuals. The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards.
The rural municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when
Government of Nepal restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units (although the number increased to 753 later) as per the new
constitution of Nepal 2015.
Lakhandra,
Bisalla and
Tolijaisi Village development committees
A village development committee ( ne, गाउँ विकास समिति; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, ...
were incorporated to form this new rural municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at
Lakhandra.
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 ...
, Thantikandh Rural Municipality had a population of 18,896. Of these, 99.3% spoke
Nepali
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, 0.6%
Magar and 0.1%
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 ...
as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 35.6% were
Chhetri, 28.0%
Thakuri, 23.9%
Kami, 4.3%
Hill Brahmin, 4.1%
Magar, 3.8%
Damai/Dholi, 0.1%
Lohar and 0.2% others.
In terms of religion, 99.9% were
Hindu
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and 0.1%
Buddhist.
In terms of literacy, 54.7% could read and write, 3.6% could only read and 41.5% could neither read nor write.
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References
External links
* http://www.thantikandhmun.gov.np/
* https://www.citypopulation.de/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm2id=6011
{{Dailekh District
Populated places in Dailekh District
Rural municipalities in Karnali Province
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017