Marin is a
Rural municipality
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These include:
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located within the
Sindhuli District of the
Bagmati Province of
Nepal
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.
The municipality spans of area, with a total population of 27,822 according to a
2011 Nepal census.
On March 10, 2017, the
Government of Nepal
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restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures.
The previous
Mahadevasthan,
Kalpabrishykha and
Kapilakot VDCs were merged to form Marin Rural Municipality.
Marin is divided into 8
wards, with
Kapilakot declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.
Demographics
At the time of the
2011 Nepal census, Marin Rural Municipality had a population of 27,822. Of these, 56.1% spoke
Tamang, 19.2%
Nepali, 11.5%
Magar, 8.5%
Majhi, 1.8%
Newar, 0.7%
Thangmi, 0.3%
Maithili, 0.2%
Sunwar, 0.1%
Vayu
Vayu (; ), also known as Vata () and Pavana (), is the Hindu deities, Hindu god of the winds as well as the divine messenger of the gods. In the ''Vedic scriptures'', Vayu is an important deity and is closely associated with Indra, the king o ...
, 0.1%
Sign language
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and 0.1% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 56.1% were
Tamang, 14.1% Majhi, 12.5%
Magar, 4.3%
Chhetri, 4.0%
Kami
are the Deity, deities, Divinity, divinities, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of Japan. ''Kami'' can be elements of the landscape, forc ...
, 2.8%
Newar, 1.6%
Hill Brahmin, 1.6%
Damai/Dholi, 0.7%
Thami, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5%
Sarki, 0.4% Gharti/
Bhujel, 0.2%
Sunuwar, 0.1%
Hayu, 0.1%
Sonar and 0.3% others.
In terms of religion, 63.4% were
Buddhist
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, 25.9%
Hindu
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, 9.9%
Prakriti, 0.3%
Christian
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and 0.4% others.
In terms of literacy, 54.4% could read and write, 2.8% could only read and 42.6% could neither read nor write.
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References
External links
official website of the rural municipality
Rural municipalities in Sindhuli District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
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