Lumbini Province
Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...
, is one of the seventy-seven
districts of Nepal
Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal.
After the state's reconstruction of admi ...
. The district, with
Tamghas
Tamghas, also Gulmi Tamghas or Tamghas Bazaar ( ne, तम्घास) is the center of Resunga Municipality, and the district headquarter of Gulmi district .
Demographics
As of 2001 it had a population of 335679
Parbat
Parbat District ( ne, पर्वत जिल्ला , is a hilly area of Nepal. It is a part of Gandaki Province and one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Kusma as its district headquarters, covers an area of an ...
Pyuthan
Pyuthan (also known as Pyuthan Khalanga) is a municipality in the Pyuthan District in the Lumbini Province of Nepal. It is also the District Headquarter and the administrative center of district. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by ...
on the west is renowned for coffee farming. Gulmi is widely known for introducing coffee in Nepal. It is also a major exporter of organic coffee. Gulmi is rich in natural resources such as cobalt. Festivals such as Maghe Sankranti and other festivals are popular among both tourists and locals.
The major destination with huge potential for tourism includes Bichitra Cave in Dhurkot, Resunga, with its rich biodiversity and religious value, Gyawa Kshetra, Charpala, Musikot, Isma Durbar, Wami Taksar, and Purtighat.
Ruru Ruru may refer to:
Places
* Ruru, Nepal
* Ruru, New Zealand
People
*Rouran, an ancient nomadic race from the Mongolian steppes, also called Juan Juan
* Ruru Madrid, a Filipino teen actor
Others
*Māori name for the morepork owl
*A Kanohi from the ...
(also known as Ridi). The district is also famous for orange farming. Dhurkot rural municipality is a major hub for orange farming. More than 10 Crore worth of orange is sold annually which includes export to India.
The district headquarter is
Tamghas
Tamghas, also Gulmi Tamghas or Tamghas Bazaar ( ne, तम्घास) is the center of Resunga Municipality, and the district headquarter of Gulmi district .
Demographics
As of 2001 it had a population of 335679Resunga and Musikot.
Divisions
Gulmi district is divided into total 12 Local level bodies in which two are
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 ...
and ten are
rural municipalities
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These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...
Satyawati
Satyawati is a village development committee in Palpa District in the Lumbini Zone of southern 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 Statist ...
There are 76 post offices in the district including one main district post office and 14 area police offices. There are nine telecenters, six FM radio stations, and eight cable TV networks. According to Nepal Telecom, there were 82,318 GSM mobile subscribers in the district as of 2015.
Geography and climate
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 and ...
, Gulmi District had a population of 280,160. Of these, 96.21% spoke
Nepali
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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 ...
Bahun
Bahun ( ne, बाहुन) or Khas Brahmin ( ne, खस ब्राह्मण) is a caste ( ''Varna'') among Khas people of Nepal. Their origins are from the Indo-Aryan Khasa tribe of Nepal and South Asia. According to the 2011 Nepa ...
and
Chhetri
Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration from ...
are the major caste/ethnic groups with 28.55% and 23.15% respectively followed by Magar 19.95%,
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 ...
Damai
Damai ( ne, दमाइँ) is an occupational caste found among Khas people. They comprise 45 subgroups. Their surnames take after the subgroup they belong to. People belonging to this caste are traditionally tailors and musicians. They are ade ...
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 civilisat ...
1.85%.
Hinduism is the predominant religion with 96.8% followed by Buddhism with 2.8%.