Chankheli ( ne, चंखेली गाउँपालिका) is a
rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
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located in
Humla District
Humla District ( ne, हुम्ला जिल्ला), a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Simikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has population of 50,858 a ...
of
Karnali Province
Karnali Province ( ne, कर्णाली प्रदेश) is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal formed by the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The total area of the province is covering 18.97% of the cou ...
of Nepal.
The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarters of the rural municipality is situated at
Srimastha
Srimastha is a Village Development Committee in Humla District in the Karnali Zone of north-western 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 Stati ...
.
Demographics
At the time of the
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...
, 99.5% of the population in Chankheli Rural Municipality spoke
Nepali
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* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
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and 0.2%
Sign language
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as their first language; 0.3% spoke other languages.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 32.2% were
Chhetri
Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration fr ...
, 18.0%
Thakuri
Thakuri ( ne, ठकुरी) is a sub-caste of Khasas tribes in Nepal. It consists of the historical ruling class, and is made up of the descendants of the Great Khasa Malla kingdom rulers of the Baisi and Chaubisi principalities. The former r ...
, 16.1%
Hill Brahmin, 13.9% Byasi/Sauka, 8.7%
Kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the ...
, 7.2%
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 ...
, 2.7%
Damai
Damai ( ne, दमाइँ) is an occupational caste found among Khas people. They comprise 45 subgroups. Their surnames take after the subgroup they belong to. People belonging to this caste are traditionally tailors and musicians. They are ade ...
/Dholi, 0.7%
Sarki
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*Sarki, a well-dwelling snake slain by the mythological prince Bayajidda
*Şarkı, a vocal genre in Ottoman classical music
*Sarki (ethnic group)
Sarki/Mijar ( ne, सार्की, Tibetan: སར་ཀི།) is a Khas ...
and 0.5% others.
In terms of religion, 80.4% were
Hindu, 19.5%
Buddhist
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and 0.1% others.
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See also
*Chankheli Peak Chankheli Peak is a 4210 m-high mountain located in Mugu district, Karnali Province of Nepal. The mountain is sometimes mistakenly believed to be featured on the Nepalese one rupee
Rupee is the common name for the currencies of
India, Mauri ...
References
External links
Official website
Populated places in Humla District
Rural municipalities in Karnali Province
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
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