Bhagawatimai () is a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

located in

Dailekh District Dailekh District ( ) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dailekh as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 225,201 in 2001 and 261,770 in 2011. Etymology It is said ...

of Karnali Province of

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. The total area of the rural municipality is and the total population of the rural municipality as of

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

is 18,778 individuals. The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards. The rural municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when

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restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units (although the number increased to 753 later) as per the new

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. Pagnath,

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, Moheltoli,

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, Katti and Bada Bhairab Village development committees were incorporated to form this new rural municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Pagnath.

Demographics

At the time of the

, Bhagawatimai Rural Municipality had a population of 18,778. Of these, 99.9% spoke Nepali and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 42.4% were

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali language, Nepali speaking people historically associated with the warrior class and administration, some of ...

, 26.6%

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, 15.7%

Thakuri The Thakuri (Nepali: ठकुरी) . This term is Nepalese title ""Thakuri"", which translates to 'master of the estate'. The term denotes the royal descendants of kings of Baise Rajya and Chaubisi Rajya. During the height of their influence ...

, 7.8% Hill Brahmin, 4.3%

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/Dholi, 2.1% Magar, 0.5%

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 () is an indigenous people in Nepal. They are found in the region of t ...

, 0.3% Badi and 0.1% others. In terms of religion, 99.8% were

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and 0.2%

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. In terms of literacy, 61.6% could read and write, 2.9% could only read and 35.5% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

Website

On Citypopulation.de
Populated places in Dailekh District Rural municipalities in Karnali Province Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{Dailekh-geo-stub