Ramechhap District ( ne, रामेछाप जिल्ला), a part of

Bagmati Province Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provinc ...

, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of

South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth descr ...

. The district, known as wallo Kirat Ramechhap, with Manthali as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 202,646Household and population by districts, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Nepal
and a density of 137.4 per km². According to LLRCNepal there are now eight local administrations in the district: Manthali Municipality, Ramechhap Municipality, Umakunda Rural Municipality, Khandadevi Rural Municipality, Gokulganga Rural Municipality, Doramba Rural Municipality, Likhu Rural Municipality and Sunapati Rural Municipality. The district has the highest population of the endangered native group the Kusunda and has the lowest population growth rate in Nepal.District Profile of Ramechhap at Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal website (in Nepali)

Etymology

The district was named after Ramechhap village. The word Ramechhap comes from two Nepali words, ''Ram'' (person's name) and ''Chhap'' (mark). According to folklore, the village of Ramechhap was once occupied by Tamang people. A Tamang of the village, Ram by name received mukhtiyari of the village by royal decree. So, the land ownership and other legal activities were performed in the village by the stamp (chhap) of Ram. Similarly, according to another folklore, the grassland of Ramechhap village was occupied by Tamang people. Those people daily used to rear their domesticated animals such as Buffalo, Goat and others in the open meadow. In Tamang language, "Ra" means Goat, "Mey" means ox, and "Chhawa" means their small offspring. By the time and mouth to mouth pronunciation the meadow has become "Ramechhap" and later the place has been named Ramechhap. Hence, the district is called Ramechhap.

Geography and climate

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Ramechhap District had a population of 202,646. Of these, 59.5% spoke Nepali, 18.2%

Tamang The Tamang (; Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāṅ'') are an Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group of Nepal. In Nepal Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 ...

, 6.9% Newari, 5.1%

Sherpa Sherpa may refer to: Ethnography * Sherpa people, an ethnic group in north eastern Nepal * Sherpa language Organizations and companies * Sherpa (association), a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility * ...

, 3.7%

Sunuwar 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 ...

, 2.1% Majhi, 2.0% Magar, 1.0%

Thami The Thangmi (in Nepali थामी) are an indigenous tribe of the hills east of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. They mainly live in Suspa, Kshamawati, Khopachagu, Alampu, Bigu, Kalinchok, Lapilang and Lakuri Danda villages of Dolakha district i ...

and 0.5% Hyolmo/Yolmo as their first language. 35.5% of the population in the district spoke Nepali and 0.5%

Bahing The Bahing are a subset of the Indigenous Kirant ethnic group, which is located widely in Okhaldhunga and Solukhumbu District. They can be found in some of the villages like Bulaadi, Chisopani, Moli, Pankhu, Bhadaure, Aapsowra, Rangadeep, Bigutar, M ...

as their

second language A person's second language, or L2, is a language that is not the native language (first language or L1) of the speaker, but is learned later. A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a fo ...

.2011 Nepal Census, Social Characteristics Tables
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Old Village Development Committees (VDCs)

* Bamti Bhandar * Betali * Bethan * Bhirpani * Bhuji * Bijulikot * Chisapani Municipality * Chanakhu * Chuchure *

Dadhuwa Dadhuwa is a village development committee in Ramechhap District in the Janakpur Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of ...

* Duragaun * Deurali * Dimipokhari * Doramba * Duragau * Gagal Bhadaure * Gelu * Goswara * Gothgau * Gumdel * Gunsi Bhadaure * Gupteshwar * Hiledevi * Himganga * Khandadevi * Khaniyapani * Khimti * Kumbukasthali * Lakhanpur * Majuwa * Makadum * Manthali Municipality * Naga Daha * Namadi * Pakarbas * Pharpu * Phulasi * Piukhuri * Priti * Puranagau * Rakathum * Ramechhap Municipality * Rampur * Rashnailu * Saipu * Sanghutar * Those * Tilpung * Tokarpur

Newly formed local administrative bodies

References

External links

* * {{Coord, 27, 20, 0, N, 86, 5, 0, E, type:adm2nd_region:NP_source:enwiki, display=title Districts of Nepal established during Rana regime or before Districts of Bagmati Province