Gulmi

Gulmi District (), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 296,654 in 2001, 280,160 in 2011 and 268,597 in 2016.

Introduction

Gulmi is a hilly district that lies in Lumbini Province. Surrounded by Syangja and Parbat districts on the east, Palpa, and Arghakhanchi on the south, Baglung on the north, and Pyuthan on the west. Gulmi is widely known for introducing coffee farming to Nepal. It is also a major exporter of organic coffee. Gulmi is rich in natural resources such as cobalt. Festivals such as Maghe Sankranti and other festivals are popular among both tourists and locals.

The major destination with huge potential for tourism includes Bichitra Cave in Dhurkot, historical Kingdom of Dhurkot durbar is located. Resunga, with its rich biodiversity and religious value, Gyawa Kshetra, Charpala, Musikot, Isma Durbar, Wami Taksar, and Purtighat. Ruru (also known as Ridi). The district is also famous for orange farming. Dhurkot rural municipality is a major hub for orange farming. More than 10 Crore worth of orange is sold annually which includes export to India.
The district headquarter is Tamghas, a hill town situated between Resunga and Arjun. Currently, there are ten rural municipalities and two municipalities Resunga and Musikot.

Divisions

Gulmi district is divided into total 12 Local level bodies in which two are municipality and ten are rural municipalities as below:
; Municipalities
* Musikot
* Resunga
; Rural municipalities
* Ishma
* Kaligandaki
* Gulmi Darbar
* Satyawati
* Chandrakot
* Rurukshetra
* Chhatrakot
* Dhurkot
* Madane
* Malika

Communications

There are 76 post offices in the district including one main district post office and 14 area police offices. There are nine telecenters, 11 FM radio stations, and eight cable TV networks. According to Nepal Telecom, there were 82,318 GSM mobile subscribers in the district as of 2015.

Geography and climate

Demographics

At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Gulmi District had a population of 246,494.

As first language, 95.3% spoke Nepali, 2.6% Magar, 0.9% Newari, 0.5% Gurung, 0.1% Bote, 0.1% Kumhali and 0.5% other languages as their first language.

Ethnicity/caste: 20.8% Chhetri, 25.3% were Magar, 19.8% Hill Brahmin, 13.4% Kami, 5.4% Sarki, 3.8% Damai/Dholi, 3.6% Kumal, 1.8% Newar, 1.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.01% Thakuri and 3.19% others.

Religion: 96.6% were Hindu, 2.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Christian, 0.2% Muslim and 0.7% others.

Literacy: 80.3% could read and write, 0.7% could only read and 19.0% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

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Gulmi District,
Districts of Nepal established in 1962