Musikot () is an urban

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located in

Gulmi District Gulmi District (), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 296,654 in 2001, 280,160 in 2011 and 268,597 in 2016. Intro ...

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. The total area of the municipality is and the total population of the municipality as of

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 ...

is 32,802 individuals. The municipality is divided into total 9 wards. On 10 March 2017

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announced 744 local level units as per the new

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, Musikot municipality came into existence merging following former VDCs: Arlangkot, Paudi Amarahi, Musikot, Badagaun, Aanpchaur, Kurgha,

Wami Taksar Wamitaksar () is a town in Gulmi District part of the Musikot, Gulmi, Musikot Municipality. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6421. It serves as the headquarters of the Musikot Municipality. Gallery File:Wami t.jpg, B ...

and some parts of Neta. The headquarters of the municipality are located at Wami Taksar.

Demographics

According to the

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, the linguistic composition of Musikot Municipality was as follows: 97.2% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language, 1.1% spoke Nepalbhasha (Newari), 1.0% spoke

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% spoke

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, 0.2% spoke Magar Dhut, 0.1% spoke Tharu, 0.05% spoke Tamang, and 0.2% spoke other languages. Ethnically and by caste, the population of Musikot Municipality was distributed as follows: 22.1% were Kshetri, 18.9% were Hill Brahmin, 14.5% were Bishwokarma, 14.4% were Magar, 10.2% were Kumal, 6.3% were

Mijar Mijar is a village in the Manglore taluk in the city of Mangalore, Mangaluru of Dakshina Kannada district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Tenkamijaru Grama Panchayat which is 30 km from Mangalore, 12 km from the famous pilgrimage site Jain K ...

, 4.6% were

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, 2.2% were

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 ...

, 1.7% were

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, and 1.5% were

. Religiously, the population was predominantly

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at 98.1%, followed by 1.0%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.3%

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, and 0.03%

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. 2021 Nepal Census - Cast/Ethnicity Dat

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Climate

References

External links

official website
Populated places in Gulmi District Municipalities in Lumbini Province Nepal municipalities established in 2017 {{Gulmi-geo-stub