Shantinagar is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
and a
Rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, a ...
in
Dang District in
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 ...
of south-western
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
. At the time of the
1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,
they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...
it had a population of 8,854.
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 ...
Shantinagar Rural Municipality had a population of 25,203. Of these, 81.0% spoke
Nepali
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Concerning Nepal
* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
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, 16.9%
Tharu, 2.0%
Magar, 0.1%
Chantyal and 0.1% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 43.3% were
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 fr ...
, 17.6%
Tharu, 13.4%
Magar, 10.0%
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 ...
, 7.2%
Hill Brahmin, 2.1%
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 ...
/Dholi, 1.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.5%
Thakuri
Thakuri ( ne, ठकुरी) is a sub-caste of Khasas tribes in Nepal. It consists of the historical ruling class, and is made up of the descendants of the Great Khasa Malla kingdom rulers of the Baisi and Chaubisi principalities. The former r ...
, 0.8%
Musalman
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...
, 0.8%
Sarki
Sarki may refer to:
*Sarki, a well-dwelling snake slain by the mythological prince Bayajidda
*Şarkı, a vocal genre in Ottoman classical music
*Sarki (ethnic group)
Sarki/Mijar ( ne, सार्की, Tibetan: སར་ཀི།) is a Khas ...
, 0.6% other
Dalit
Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a ...
, 0.3%
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 civilisation ...
, 0.2%
Badi, 0.1%
Chhantyal Chhantyal ( bo, छन्त्याल) is an indigenous peoples of Nepal. Chhantyals are considered an indigenous group by the Government of Nepal. Most of the Chhantyal dwellings are concentrated in the western part of the country. Baglung a ...
, 0.1%
Gaine
The Gandarbha caste ( ne, गन्धर्व जाति) or Gaine ( ne, गाईने) are a Dalit community which belongs to the Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the central, hilly region of Nepal. They have also been called a "caste of prof ...
, 0.1%
Kumal, 0.1% other Terai and 0.2% others.
In terms of religion, 96.8% were
Hindu, 1.4%
Buddhist
Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...
, 1.0%
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...
, 0.8%
Muslim and 0.1% others.
In terms of literacy, 66.6% could read and write, 1.9% could only read and 31.5% could neither read nor write.
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References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Dang Deokhuri District
Populated places in Dang District, Nepal
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
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