Lekbeshi () 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' ...

located in

Surkhet District Surkhet District (, ) is a district in Karnali Province of mid-western Nepal. Surkhet is one of the ten districts of Karnali located about west of the national capital Kathmandu. The district's area is . It had 288,527 population in 2001 and 350 ...

of Karnali Province of

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. The total area of the municipality is and the total population of the municipality as of

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 ...

is 30,295 individuals. The municipality is divided into total 10 wards. The municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when

Government of Nepal The Government of Nepal () is the central executive authority of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The government is led by the Prime Minister of Nepal, prime minister (K. P. Sharma Oli, K.P. Oli since 15 July 2024) who selects all the o ...

restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units as per the new

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Lekhfarsa Lekhpharsa (लेखफर्सा) is a village development committee in Surkhet District in the Bheri Zone of mid-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the N ...

, Dasarathpur, Neta,

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and Satokhani Village development committees were Incorporated to form this new municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at

Demographics

At the time of the

, Lekbeshi Municipality had a population of 31,583. Of these, 80.6% spoke Nepali, 18.8% Magar, 0.2%

Chhantyal The Chhantyal () are an indigenous people of Nepal. Chhantyals are considered an indigenous group by the Government of Nepal. Most of the Chhantyal dwellings are concentrated in the western part of the country. Baglung and Myagdi are two distri ...

, 0.2%

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 ...

, 0.1% Raji and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 46.6% were Magar, 17.7%

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 ...

, 14.9%

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, 10.5% Hill Brahmin, 3.4%

Damai Damai ( ; IAST: ''Damāĩ'') is an occupational caste found among indigenous people comprising 45 subgroups. Their surnames take after the subgroup they belong to. People belonging to this caste are traditionally tailors and musicians capable o ...

/Dholi, 1.4%

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 ...

, 1.3%

Sarki Sarki may refer to: *Sarki, a well-dwelling snake slain by the mythological prince Bayajidda * Şarkı, a vocal genre in Ottoman classical music *Sarki (ethnic group) Sarki () is an indigenous people in Nepal. They are found in the region of t ...

, 1.3%

, 0.6% Badi, 0.5%

, 0.4% Majhi, 0.4% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2% 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%

Thami The Thangmi (in Nepali थामी) are an indigenous ethnic tribe of Eastern Himalayas. In Nepal, they reside mainly in Suspa, Kshamawati, Khopachagu, Alampu, Bigu, Kalinchok, Lapilang and Lakuri Danda villages of Dolakha district in East-Cent ...

, 0.1% Gaine, 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% Raji, 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Tharu and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 88.8% 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 ...

, 6.0%

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, 5.0%

Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

and 0.2% others. In terms of literacy, 76.1% could read and write, 2.3% could only read and 21.6% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

www.lekbeshimun.gov.np/
{{Surkhet District Populated places in Surkhet District Municipalities in Karnali Province Nepal municipalities established in 2017