Makalu () is a

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(

gaunpalika A gaunpalika ( ) is an administrative division in Nepal. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal), Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development dissolved the existing Village development committee (Nepal), village developm ...

) out of five rural municipality located in Sankhuwasabha District of

Koshi Province Koshi Province () is an autonomous Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal adopted by the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. It covers an area of , about 17.5% of the country's total area. With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its cap ...

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. There are a total of 10 municipalities in Sankhuwasabha in which 5 are urban and 5 are rural. According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Makalu has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 13204 as of Census of Nepal 2011.

Makalu Makalu (; ) is the fifth-highest mountain on Earth, with a summit at an elevation of AMSL. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas southeast of Mount Everest, on the China–Nepal border. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolat ...

, part of Yamphu, Num, part of Pawakhola and Pathibhara which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new

Constitution of Nepal 2015 The Constitution of Nepal () is the present governing Constitution of Nepal. Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the Interim Constitution of 2007. The constitution of Nepal is di ...

, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (

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' ...

). The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Num.

Demographics

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 ...

, Makalu Rural Municipality had a population of 13,572. Of these, 27.9% spoke Yamphu, 19.8%

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, 17.8% Nepali, 10.7% Tamang, 8.7%

Kulung Kulung may refer to: * Kulung people, an ethnic group of Nepal * Kulung language (Nepal) Kulung (autonym: ''Kulu riŋ'', ulu rɪŋ is one of the Kiranti languages. It is spoken by an estimated 33,000 people. Van Driem (2001) includes Chukwa as ...

, 4.8%

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 ...

, 3.5% Mewahang, 2.3% Khaling, 2.1%

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, 0.9% Chamling, 0.4%

Limbu Limbu may refer to: * Limbu people, an indigenous tribe living in Nepal, Sikkim (India) and Bhutan ** Limbu language, their Sino-Tibetan language *** Limbu script **** Limbu (Unicode block) * Rambahadur Limbu Rambahadur Limbu, (; 8 July 1939 � ...

, 0.2% Magar, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1% Nachhiring and 0.5% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 25.4% were Yamphu, 19.1%

, 10.9% Tamang, 9.0%

, 8.8%

, 8.3%

, 6.2%

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 ...

, 3.9% Mewahang Bala, 3.3%

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, 1.3% Magar, 1.0%

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, 0.6% Hill Brahmin, 0.5% Topkegola, 0.4% Bhote, 0.4%

, 0.2% Khaling, 0.1% Chamling, 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 ...

and 0.6% others. In terms of religion, 43.8% were

Kirati The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirat or Kirant or Kiranti, are Tibeto-Burman ethnolinguistic groups living in the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state ...

, 40.3%

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, 12.5%

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, 3.2%

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, 0.1%

Prakriti Prakriti ( ) is "the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance". It is a key concept in Hinduism, formulated by the ''Samkhya'' school, where it does not refer merely to matter or nature, but includes all cog ...

and 0.1% others. In terms of literacy, 59.1% could read and write, 4.9% could only read and 36.0% could neither read nor write.NepalMap Literacy
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References

External links

Official website

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