Kalinchowk is a

Rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

located within the

Dolakha district Dolakha, often known as Dolkha or Dholkha (Nepal Bhasa:दोलखा जिल्ला)), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the List of districts of Nepal, seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Charikot as its district headqu ...

of the

Bagmati province Bagmati Province (, ''Bāgmatī pradēśa'') is one of the seven Provinces of Nepal, provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. Bagmati is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest province by area. It is bordered ...

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. The municipality spans of area, with a total population of 22,954 according to a

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 ...

. On March 10, 2017, the

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restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Kalinchowk,

Babare Babare () is a village (previously: VDC) in Kalinchowk Rural Municipality in Dolakha District in the Bagmati Province of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,392 people living in 739 individual house ...

, Lamidanda, Lapilang, Sunakhani, and Sundrawati VDCs were merged to form Kalinchowk Rural Municipality. Kalinchowk is divided into 9 wards, with Sunakhani declared the administrative center of the rural municipality. Kalinchowk is a hill station and a tourist hotspot. It is located at 3842 meters of altitude and about 150km northeast from national capital

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

. The place is best known for trekking and skiing. During the December, January and February (mainly Paush and Magh in Nepali months) snowfalls in Kalinchowk.

Demographics

At the time of the

, Kalinchowk Rural Municipality had a population of 22,954. Of these, 60.2% spoke Nepali, 34.0% Thangmi, 3.9% Tamang, 1.0%

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, 0.5%

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, 0.1% Magar, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Majhi and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 36.7% were Thami, 35.8%

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 ...

, 13.2% Hill Brahmin, 4.0% Tamang, 3.0%

, 1.9%

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/Dholi, 1.9%

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, 1.2% Sarki, 0.6% Majhi, 0.5%

, 0.3% Magar, 0.3%

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 ...

, 0.2% Gharti/

Bhujel Bhujel are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group now living in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. They are scattered in several districts, mostly in Tanahu and Syangja. The inhabitants living near the Bhuji Khola river called Bhujel. Bhujel are divided into four ...

, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Terai

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, 0.1% Sunuwar and 0.3% others. In terms of religion, 69.7% were

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, 24.0%

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, 4.5%

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, 1.6%

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and 0.1% others. In terms of literacy, 62.6% could read and write, 2.7% could only read and 34.3% could neither read nor write.

Kalinchowk VDC

Kalinchowk is now a neighborhood (village) within Kalinchowk Rural Municipality. It was a separate village development committee (VDC) from 1990 to 2017. Kalinchowk village had of area and population according to 2011 had 2806 with 458 individual households. This whole village is now a ward (ward no. 1) of Kalinchowk RM.

Ward division

Kalinchowk RM divided into 9 wards as below:

Photo gallery

File:Kalinchowk Landscape (3328610867).jpg, Kalinchowk landscape File:From the top of Kalinchowk, Dolakha.jpg, Kalinchowk view File:Kalinchok 40.JPG, Kalinchowk in File:Kalinchok 36.JPG, Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple File:Kalinchowk Bhagawati temple1.jpg, Bell at Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple File:Kalinchowk Bhagawati temple9.jpg, Kalinchowk Bhagawati temple File:Kalinchowk Bhagawati temple4.jpg, Bell and Himalaya's view from Kalinchowk Bhagawati temple File:Kalinchowk112.jpg, Himalaya view from Kalinchowk Bhagawati temple.

References

External links

official website of the rural municipality

UN map of the municipalities of Dolakha District
Rural municipalities in Dolakha District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{Dolakha-geo-stub