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Mahankal Rural Municipality

Rural Municipality in Bagmati Province, Nepal

Mahankal Rural Municipality महाङ्काल गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
27°30′N 85°24′E / 27.50°N 85.40°E / 27.50; 85.40
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Lalitpur District
Established	March 2017
Government
• Chairperson	Ganesh Kc (Nepali congress)
• Vice Chairperson	Dolma Maya Tamang
Area
• Total	82.44 km² (31.83 sq mi)
Population (2011 Nepal census)
• Total	9,453
• Density	114.66/km² (297.0/sq mi)
Website	mahankalmun.gov.np

Mahankal Rural Municipality Nepali: महाङ्काल गाउँपालिका, is a Rural Municipality in Lalitpur District in Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established in 2017 by merging the former Village development committees Bukhel, Manikhel, Gotikhel, Chandanpur, Kaleshwar and Thuladurlung.^[1] The centre of this rural municipality is located at Old-Gotikhel.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Mahankal Rural Municipality had a population of 9,526. Of these, 58.2% spoke Nepali, 40.6% Tamang, 0.4% Sunwar, 0.3% Newar, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Pahari and 0.2% other languages as their first language.^[2]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 48.0% were Hill Brahmin, 41.1% Tamang, 6.2% Chhetri, 1.1% Damai/Dholi, 1.1% Brahmu/Baramo, 0.8% Kami, 0.4% Newar, 0.4% Sunuwar, 0.2% Magar, 0.1% Ghale, 0.1% Pahari and 0.5% others.^[3]

In terms of religion, 59.3% were Hindu, 39.8% Buddhist and 0.9% Christian.^[4]

In terms of literacy, 71.2% could read and write, 2.9% could only read and 25.9% could neither read nor write.^[5]

References

^ "गाउँपालिका र नगरपालिका कायमगर्ने गरि उक्त एकाईहरुको नाम, संख्या, सीमाना, केन्द्र र वडाको सीमाना सहितको विवरण". MOFALD. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ NepalMap Language [1]
^ NepalMap Caste [2]
^ NepalMap Demographics [3]
^ NepalMap Literacy [4]