Sunapati is a Rural municipality located within the Ramechhap District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans of area, with a total population of 18,141 according to a

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...

. On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Dimipokhari,

Hiledevi Hiledevi is a village development committee in Ramechhap District in the Janakpur Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau ...

, Bethan,

Khaniyapani Khaniyapani is a village development committee in Ramechhap District in the Janakpur Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bur ...

and small portion of

Gunsi Bhadaure Gunsi Bhadaure is a village development committee in Ramechhap District in the Janakpur Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central ...

VDCs were merged to form Sunapati Rural Municipality. Sunapati is divided into 5

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, with

declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

Demographics

At the time of the

, Sunapati Rural Municipality had a population of 18,148. Of these, 52.6% spoke

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, 34.6% Tamang, 11.2%

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, 0.6% Majhi, 0.4% Magar, 0.3% Doteli, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Yolmo and 0.2% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 34.9% were Tamang, 20.1% Chhetri, 17.3%

, 9.4% Hill Brahmin, 9.2% Magar, 2.5% Kami, 2.1% Damai/Dholi, 2.0% Majhi, 1.0% Sarki, 0.7% Gharti/ Bhujel, 0.4% other Dalit, 0.2% Pahari, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Yolmo and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 63.7% were

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, 35.3% Buddhist, 0.7%

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and 0.2% others. In terms of literacy, 58.7% could read and write, 3.4% could only read and 37.8% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

official website of the rural municipality
Rural municipalities in Ramechhap District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{Bagmati-geo-stub