Shahidbhumi () 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 four rural municipality located in Dhankuta 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 ...

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. There are a total of 7 municipalities in

Dhankuta Dhankuta ( ) is a hill town and the headquarters of Dhankuta District in Koshi Province in Eastern Nepal. According to 2011 Nepal census, it has population of 26,440 inhabitants. History Until about 1963, Dhankuta Bazaar (the town) was the ...

in which 3 are urban and 4 are rural. According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Khalsa Chhintang Sahidbhumi has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 18730 as of Census of Nepal 2011. To form this new Rural Municipality Chhintang, Khoku and

Ankhisalla Ankhisalla is a village development committee in the Shahidbhumi Rural Municipality of Dhankuta District in the Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5220 people living in 923 individual h ...

were merged, which previously were all separate Village development committee (local level administrative villages). Fulfilling the requirement of the new

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

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). The Gaunpalika is divided into 7 wards and the Khoku is the Headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality. The rural municipality was established as "Khalsa Chhintang Sahidbhumi" on 10 March 2017 but it was shortened to just "Shahidbhumi" on 8 January 2018.

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 ...

, Shahidbhumi Rural Municipality had a population of 18,763. Of these, 39.7% spoke Bantawa, 25.7% Nepali, 18.4% Chintang, 10.0% Chulung, 1.5% Magar, 1.1% Chamling, 0.8% Wambule, 0.7%

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, 0.3% Dungmali, 0.3% Tamang, 0.2% Khaling, 0.2%

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, 0.2%

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, 0.2% Thulung, 0.1% Kuki, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Tharu and 0.3% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 78.8% were

, 7.8%

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 ...

, 3.2%

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, 2.2% Sarki, 1.9% Magar, 1.6%

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/Dholi, 1.2% Majhi, 1.2%

, 0.4% Tamang, 0.3% Hill Brahmin, 0.3%

, 0.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2% Bantawa, 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% Pattharkatta/ Kushwadiya, 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% Tharu and 0.3% others. In terms of religion, 74.4% were

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, 24.6%

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, 0.4%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.1%

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and 0.2% others. In terms of literacy, 67.4% could read and write, 4.0% could only read and 28.6% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

Official website
Rural municipalities in Koshi Province Populated places in Dhankuta District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 Rural municipalities in Dhankuta District {{Dhankuta-geo-stub