Panchkhapan () is an urban municipality out of five urban municipalities of Sankhuwasabha District in

Koshi Province Koshi Province () is an autonomous Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal adopted by the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. It covers an area of , about 17.5% of the country's total area. With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its cap ...

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. It lies on 87°12'12" E to 87°26'45" E Longitude and 27°17'37.4" N to 27°24'38" N Latitude. The municipality was established on 3 March 2017 merging former VDCs: Syabun, Jaljala and Wana. The area of the municipality is 148.03KM² and according to 2011 census of Nepal the population of the municipality is 17,521. The municipality is surrounded by

Taplejung District Taplejung District ( ) is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal and one of the 14 districts of Koshi Province. It is located deep in the Himalayas in Eastern Nepal with བོད to the north across the Himalayas. Taplejung is the third lar ...

in east, Savapokhari in north,

Khandbari Khandbari is the district headquarters of Sankhuwasabha District in Koshi Province of north-eastern Nepal. Demographics At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Khandbari Municipality had a population of 31,534. Of these, 68.7% spoke Nepali lang ...

in north-west and west and

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in south.

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 in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

, Panchkhapan Municipality had a population of 17,521. Of these, 52.5% spoke Nepali, 14.9% Tamang, 7.5%

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, 6.9%

Yakkha Yakkha may refer to: * Yakkha people, an ethnic group of South Asia * Yakkha language, a Sino-Tibetan language * Yaksha The Yakshas (, , ) in Mythology are a broad class of nature spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous or ca ...

, 6.2%

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, 3.0%

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, 2.4% Magar, 1.9% Chamling, 1.2% Khaling, 1.1%

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, 1.0%

Gurung Gurung (exonym; ) or Tamu (endonym; Gurung language, Gurung: ) are a Tibetan people, Tibetan ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal. Gurungs speak Tamu kyi which is a Sino-Tibetan language derived from the ...

, 0.3% Bantawa, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1%

Lohorung Lohorung may be: * Lohorung people, in Nepal * Lohorung language, their Sino-Tibetan language {{dab ...

, 0.1% Nachhiring, 0.1% Sampang, and 0.3% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 19.3% were Tamang, 18.6%

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali language, Nepali speaking people historically associated with the warrior class and administration, some of ...

, 9.5%

, 8.4%

, 7.7%

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, 7.3%

, 6.9%

, 5.3% Hill Brahmin, 4.2% Magar, 3.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 3.2%

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/Dholi, 3.0%

, 1.1%

, 0.9% Sarki, 0.3% Gharti/

Bhujel Bhujel are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group now living in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. They are scattered in several districts, mostly in Tanahu and Syangja. The inhabitants living near the Bhuji Khola river called Bhujel. Bhujel are divided into four ...

, 0.2%

Thakuri The Thakuri (Nepali: ठकुरी) . This term is Nepalese title ""Thakuri"", which translates to 'master of the estate'. The term denotes the royal descendants of kings of Baise Rajya and Chaubisi Rajya. During the height of their influence ...

, 0.1% other

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, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Kumal and 0.4% others. In terms of religion, 51.6% were

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, 26.9%

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, 21.0%

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, 0.4%

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and 0.1% others. In terms of literacy, 69.9% could read and write, 2.8% could only read and 27.3% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

Populated places in Sankhuwasabha District Municipalities in Koshi Province Nepal municipalities established in 2017 Municipalities in Sankhuwasabha District {{Sankhuwasabha-geo-stub