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Gaunpalika in Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal
Mohanyal मोहनयाल
Gaunpalika
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Coordinates: 28°53′N 80°53′E / 28.88°N 80.89°E / 28.88; 80.89
Country   Nepal
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictKailali District
Government
 • ChairpersonNawalsingh Rawal (NCP)
 • Vice-chairpersonPuja Buda (CPN (US))
Population
 • Total3,917
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Mohanyal is a former village development committee that is now a rural municipality in Kailali District in Sudurpashchim Province of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3917 living in 614 individual households.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Mohanyal Rural Municipality had a population of 22,053. Of these, 74.5% spoke Nepali, 14.8% Magar, 4.8% Achhami, 1.9% Doteli, 1.6% Kham, 1.1% Dailekhi, 0.5% Raji, 0.3% Jumli, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1% Tharu and 0.1% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 28.8% were Magar, 24.9% Chhetri, 16.7% Kami, 12.9% Hill Brahmin, 4.6% Thakuri, 4.1% Damai/Dholi, 2.5% Sarki, 1.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.2% other Dalit, 0.6% Raji, 0.5% Tharu, 0.4% Badi, 0.4% Newar, 0.3% Lohar, 0.2% Gurung, 0.2% Majhi, 0.1% Dom, 0.1% Kumal, 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% Teli and 0.2% others.

In terms of religion, 80.0% were Hindu, 17.3% Buddhist, 1.3% Christian, 0.9% Prakriti and 0.4% others.

In terms of literacy, 58.8% could read and write, 3.0% could only read and 38.1% could neither read nor write.

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. NepalMap Language
  3. NepalMap Caste
  4. NepalMap Religion
  5. NepalMap Literacy

External links

Kailali District
Headquarters: Dhangadhi
Sub-metropolitan cities
Municipalities
Rural municipalities
Former VDCs
List of municipalities and rural municipalities of Nepal


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