Sunkoshi Rural Municipality ( ne, सुनकोशी गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality in Sindhuli district of Bagmati Province in Nepal. The Rural municipality is divided into 7 wards. According to

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 ...

, the total population of the municipality is 21,473 with 4,557 households. The total area of the municipality is The headquarter of the municipality is at

Jhangajholi Ratmata Jhangajholi Ratmata is a village development committee in Sindhuli District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Centr ...

. The rural municipality was established on March 10, 2017, when Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development dissolved the existing

village development committees A village development committee ( ne, गाउँ विकास समिति; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, ...

and announced the establishment of this new local body. Kusheshwar Dumja, Jhangjholi Ratmata,

Purano Jhangajholi Purano Jhangajholi is a village development committee in Sindhuli District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Centr ...

, Sitalpati and

Majhuwa Majhuwa (Nepali:मझुवा) is a village development committee in Sindhuli District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the ...

VDCs were merged to form the new rural municipality.

Demographics

At the time of the

, Sunkoshi Rural Municipality had a population of 21,969. Of these, 77.9% spoke

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : 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 ...

, 18.4% Tamang, 1.6%

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 civilisatio ...

, 0.7% Magar, 0.5% Vayu, 0.4%

Sunwar The Sunuwar or Koinch (; ''Sunuwār Jāti'') is a Kirati tribe native to Nepal, parts of India (West Bengal and Sikkim) and southern Bhutan. They speak the Sunuwar language. According to the 2001 census of Nepal, 17% of the tribe follow the Kir ...

, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Majhi and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 18.8% were Chhetri, 18.7% Tamang, 13.3% Magar, 10.9% Hill Brahmin, 10.9%

, 8.6% Sarki, 4.8% Damai/Dholi, 4.0% Kami, 3.5% Gharti/ Bhujel, 2.0% Majhi, 1.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.3%

Hayu The Hayus ( ne, हायु) are a member of the Kirat tribe speaking their own language, Wayu or Hayu. Little is known about them. They are Animist by religion. According to the 2001 Nepal census, there are 1821 Hayu in the country, of whi ...

, 0.6% Sunuwar, 0.4% Thakuri, 0.3% Rai and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 79.5% were

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

, 18.6% Buddhist, 1.0% Prakriti, 0.7%

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'' (Χρι ...

, 0.1%

Muslim 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 Abrah ...

and 0.1% others. In terms of literacy, 58.9% could read and write, 4.0% could only read and 37.0% could neither read nor write.NepalMap Literacy
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External links

sunkoshimunsindhuli.gov.np

Final District 1-75 Corrected Last for RAJPATRA

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{{Sindhuli District Populated places in Sindhuli District Rural municipalities in Sindhuli District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017

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