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Siddhicharan Municipality
Siddhicharan is a municipality and the district headquarter of Okhaldhunga District in Province No. 1 of Nepal that was established in May 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Andheri, Thulachhap, Jyamire, Salleri, Rumjatar and Okhaldhunga. It is named after the Nepali poet Siddhicharan Shrestha. Demographics At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Siddhicharan Municipality had a population of 28,844. Of these, 65.5% spoke Nepali, 10.5% Sherpa, 7.7% Magar, 6.5% Bahing, 3.3% Tamang, 2.1% Rai, 0.9% Gurung, 0.7% Maithili, 0.6% Bhujel and 2.2% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 17.8% were Chhetri, 14.0% Hill Brahmin, 13.3% Magar, 11.3% Sherpa, 8.6% Newar, 5.1% Rai, 5.0% Gurung, 4.3% Kami, 3.8% Tamang and 16.8% others. In terms of religion, 72.8% were Hindu, 19.0% Buddhist, 7.1% Kirati, 0.7% Christian, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.3% others. Transportation Rumjatar Airport lies in Old-Rumjatar offering flights to Luk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Districts Of Nepal
Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided into municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal. After the 2015 reform of administrative divisions, Nawalparasi District and Rukum District were respectively divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District, and Eastern Rukum District and Western Rukum District. District officials District official include: * Chief District Officer, an official under Ministry of Home Affairs is appointed by the government as the highest administrative officer in a district. The C.D.O is responsible for proper inspection of all the departments in a district such as health, education, security and all other government offices. * District Coordination Committee acts as an executive to the District Assembly. The DCC coordinates with the Provincial Assembly to establish coordination between the Provincial Assembly and rural muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |