Dullu () 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' ...

in Dailekh District of Karnali Province in

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. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census former Dullu had a population of 30,457 people living in 5,861 individual households. After the reconstruction of local level authority in Nepal in 2017, the total area of the new Dullu municipality has and total population is now (as of 2011 Nepal census) 41,540.

History

The Municipality was formed merging 6 former Village Development Committee i.e. Naule Katuwal,

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, Paduka, Dullu, Pusakot Chiudi and Badalamji since 18 May 2014. Fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal in 2015, all old

municipalities 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' ...

(58 municipalities) and

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(more than 3900) were restructured into 753 new Municipalities and Villages, thus Malika, Gauri, Kalbhairab and Gamaudi villages Incorporated with former Dullu municipality. This place was the winter capital of the kingdom of Sinja and later it became independent until being converted into a subnational kingdom up to 2019 BS when it was annexed into Nepal by King Mahendra. There is a stone tabloid which is supposed to be the first one written in Nepali language .

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Dullu Municipality had a population of 41,540. Of these, 99.7% spoke Nepali, 0.3% Magar and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 45.7% 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 ...

, 16.7%

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, 9.8% Thakuri, 8.8% Hill Brahmin, 6.7% Sarki, 5.0% Damai/Dholi, 4.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.2% Magar, 0.5% Kumal, 0.4%

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 ...

, 0.3% Badi, 0.3% other

Dalit Dalit ( from meaning "broken/scattered") is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. They are also called Harijans. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold var ...

, 0.2% Majhi, 0.1%

Newar Newar (; , endonym: Newa; , Pracalit script: ), or Nepami, are primarily inhabitants in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and its surrounding areas, and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation. Page 15. Newars are a distinct linguisti ...

, 0.1% other Terai and 0.1% others. In terms of religion, 99.7% 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 ...

, 0.1%

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and 0.1%

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. In terms of literacy, 63.8% could read and write, 3.0% could only read and 33.2% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

UN map of the municipalities of Dailekh District
Populated places in Dailekh District Municipalities in Karnali Province Nepal municipalities established in 2014 {{Dailekh-geo-stub