Nawalpur (, , ) is one of 11 districts of

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region in Southw ...

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 ...

. The headquarters of the district is Kawasoti. Nawalpur District and

Parasi District Nawalparasi (West of Bardaghat Susta) district or Nawalparasi West, as known commonly ( ), also frequently referred to as just Parasi District, is a district located in Lumbini Province of Nepal. It is 1 out of 12 districts of Lumbini Province. T ...

were formerly a single district,

Nawalparasi District Nawalparasi District (, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the 75 districts of Nepal before being divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District in 2015. The district, with Parasi as i ...

, until a reorganization effective 20 September 2015. The total area of Nawalpur District is and total population of this district 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 310864 individuals.

History

During Rana regime, Nawalpur district was a sub-district of

Chitwan District Chitwan District (, , ) is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers , and in 2011 had a popul ...

then it established separately and again merged with a small portion (Parasi) of Butwal District and established

. In 2015 again Nawalpur District was again separately reestablished.

Divisions

The district is divided into four urban municipalities and four rural municipalities.

Urban municipalities

* Kawasoti Municipality (Headquarters) * Gaindakot Municipality *

Devachuli Devchuli Municipality is a municipality in Nawalpur District in the southern part of Gandaki Province in Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 42,603 people living in 916 individual households. The municipality was es ...

* Madhyabindu

Rural municipalities

* Baudikali Rural Municipality * Bulingtar Rural Municipality *

Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality (Nepali :विनयी त्रिवेणी गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Nawalpur District in Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces establish ...

Hupsekot Rural Municipality Hupsekot is a Rural municipality located within the Nawalpur District of the Gandaki Province of Nepal. The rural municipality spans of area, with a total population of 25,065 according to a 2011 Nepal census. On March 10, 2017, the Governmen ...

Demographics

At the time of the

, Nawalpur District had a population of 311,604. As their first language, 55.3% spoke Nepali, 25.2% Magar, 11.0% Tharu, 1.9%

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 ...

, 1.6% Newari, 1.2%

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri may refer to: * Bhojpuri language, an Indo-Aryan language of India and Nepal * Bhojpuri grammar, grammatical rules of the language * Bhojpuri nouns, nouns of the language * Bhojpuri people, people who speak the language * Bhojpuri region ...

, 0.8% Tamang, 0.7% Kumhali, 0.5%

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, 0.4% Khash, 0.4% Maithili, 0.3% Darai, 0.2%

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, 0.1%

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% Majhi, 0.1%

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and 0.1% other languages. Ethnicity/caste: 29.1% were Magar, 23.8% Hill Brahmin, 11.8% Tharu, 7.7%

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 ...

, 5.4%

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, 3.9% Kumal, 2.9%

, 2.9%

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 ...

, 2.5%

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, 1.8%

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 ...

, 1.4% Tamang, 1.0% Sarki, 0.8% 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 ...

, 0.7% Bote, 0.6% Darai, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5%

Musalman Musalman may refer to: *Mussulman, variant of an archaic term for "Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, th ...

, 0.4% Gharti/

, 0.3%

Musahar Musahar or Mushahar () are a Dalit community found in the eastern Gangetic plain and the Terai. They are also known as Rishidev, Sada, Manjhi, ''Banbasi''. The other names of the Musahar are Bhuiyan and Rajawar. Origins and history Etymolo ...

, 0.2% Badi, 0.2% Kathabaniyan, 0.2%

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, 0.1%

Koiri The Koeri (spelt as Koiry or Koiri), also referred to as Kushwaha and more recently self-described as Maurya in several parts of northern India are an Indian non-elite caste, found largely in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, whose traditional oc ...

Kushwaha Kushwaha (sometimes Kushvaha), is a community of the Indo-Gangetic Plain that has traditionally been involved in agriculture, including beekeeping. The term has been used to represent different sub-castes of the Kachhis, Kachhvahas, Koeris ...

, 0.1%

Kurmi Kurmi is traditionally a non-elite tiller caste in the lower Gangetic plain of India, especially southern regions of Awadh, eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar and Jharkhand. The Kurmis came to be known for their exceptional work ethic, ...

, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1%

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, 0.1%

Sunuwar The Sunuwar or Koinch are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group. ( Nepali:सुनुवार जाति, ''Sunuwār Jāti'') a Kirati tribe native to Nepal, parts of India (West Bengal and Sikkim) and southern Bhutan. They speak the Sunuwar languag ...

, 0.1%

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, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1%

Yadav Yadavs are a grouping of non-elite, peasant-pastoral Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern states l ...

and 0.2% others. Religion: 87.8% were

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, 8.7%

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, 2.7%

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, 0.5%

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

, 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. Literacy: 74.7% could read and write, 2.1% could only read and 23.1% could neither read nor write.NepalMap Literacy
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References

External links

MoFALD

DCC Nawalparasi
{{Districts of Nepal Districts of Nepal established during Rana regime or before Gandaki Province Districts of Nepal established in 2015

History

Divisions

Urban municipalities

Rural municipalities

Demographics

See also

References

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