Gajuri( Nepali: गजुरी ; ''gajuri'') is a

Gaupalika A gaunpalika ( ) is an administrative division in Nepal. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development dissolved the existing village development committees and announced the establishment of this new local body. It is a sub-unit of a dis ...

( Nepali: गाउपालिका ; ''gaupalika'') (Formerly: village development committee) in

Dhading District Dhading District ( ), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhading Besi as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 338,658 in 2001 and 336,067 in 2011. Geogr ...

in the

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of central

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. It has a literacy rate of 64.28% (70.30% male and 58.41% female). The city hosts as one of the city with highest literacy rate in the

Dhading Dhading Besi () is the headquarters of the Dhading District of Nepal. The town is located within Nilkantha Municipality which is one of the two municipalities of the district. It is also the administrative center of Nilkantha Municipality. The ...

district. The local body was formed by merging three VDCs namely Gajuri,

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, Kiranchok. At the time of the

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 ...

it had a population of 10,035 including 4,968 males and 5,067 females, being one of the most populated city in the district. The average household size was 4.51. Besides, it had 2,223 houses in this area. According to the report, out of 2,223 houses, around 1,884 had at least one facility like Radio, Television, Internet, etc. During the collection of voters data for

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, the population of Gajuri was calculated to be 27,084.

Rural Municipality

Gajuri was declared as

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on March 10, 2017. The formation of Rural Municipality led to local level elections on May 14, 2017. Out of a population of 27,084, there were 14,169 total eligible voters.

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won positions for both Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson with a vote count of 4,336 and 4,214 respectively.

Transportation

Gajuri is connected to

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to the east and Malekhu to the west by

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Geography

Gajuri lies at the North-Western part of

to the south of

Trishuli River The Trishuli River () is one of the major tributaries of the Narayani River basin in central Nepal. The river is formed by the merger of the Kyirong Tsangpo and the Lende Khola originating in Gyirong County of Tibet, which join together near the ...

and covers an area of 138.66 km². The average altitude of Gajuri is 547 metres (1796 ft)

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Demographics

Per 2011 Census, the total population of Gajuri was 10,035 out of which 4,968 were male and 5,067 female in 2,223 households. Average family size was 4.51

Population

By Age

By Literacy Rate

By Caste

Hospitals

* Gajuri Primary Health Centre * Gajuri Hospital Pvt. Ltd

Schools

* Adarsha Secondary School * Munal Academy * Pawil Himal Academy

College

* Adarsha Multiple Campus

Bank/ATM

* राष्ट्रिय वाणिज्य बैंक * प्रभु बैंक लिमिटेड * कृषि विकास बैंक लिमिटेड * एनआइसी एसिया बैंक * नबिल बैंक * माछापुच्छे बैंक लिमिटेड * National Banijya Bank * Prabhu Bank Limited * Krishi Vikas Bank Limited * NIC Asia Bank * Nabil Bank * Machhapuchhe Bank Limited

References

{{Dhading District Populated places in Dhading District Rural municipalities in Dhading District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017