Chamunda Bindrasaini () is an urban

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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 municipality is and the total population of the 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 26,149 individuals. The municipality is divided into total 9 wards. The municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when

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restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units as per the new

constitution of Nepal 2015 The Constitution of Nepal () is the present governing Constitution of Nepal. Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the Interim Constitution of 2007. The constitution of Nepal is di ...

. Lyati Bindraseni,

Chamunda Chamunda (, ), also known as Chamundeshwari, Chamundi or Charchika, is a fearsome form of Chandi, the Hindu mother goddess, Mahadevi and is one of the seven Matrikas.Wangu p.72 She is also one of the chief Yoginis, a group of sixty-four or ...

and Jambukandh Village development committees were Incorporated to form this new municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Jambukandh

Demographics

At the time of the

, Chamunda Bindrasaini Municipality had a population of 26,149. Of these, 99.0% spoke Nepali, 0.9% Tamang and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 24.0% were

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 ...

, 20.5%

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, 20.4% Hill Brahmin, 19.9%

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 ...

, 6.2%

Damai Damai ( ; IAST: ''Damāĩ'') is an occupational caste found among indigenous people comprising 45 subgroups. Their surnames take after the subgroup they belong to. People belonging to this caste are traditionally tailors and musicians capable o ...

/Dholi, 4.6% Magar, 2.1% Sarki, 1.1% Tamang, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3%

Gurung Gurung (exonym; ) or Tamu (endonym; Gurung language, Gurung: ) are a Tibetan people, Tibetan ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal. Gurungs speak Tamu kyi which is a Sino-Tibetan language derived from the ...

, 0.2% Badi, 0.1%

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and 0.1% others. In terms of religion, 96.5% were

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

and 3.5%

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. In terms of literacy, 56.9% could read and write, 3.6% could only read and 39.4% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

*http://chamundabindrasainimun.gov.np/ {{Dailekh District Populated places in Dailekh District Municipalities in Karnali Province