Nawalpur District

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| name = Nawalpur District

| native_name = नवलपुर

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = during Rana regime

| established_title1 = Disestablished

| established_date1 = 1962

| established_title2 = Reestablished

| established_date2 = 2015

| seat_type = Admin HQ.

| seat = Kawasoti

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| governing_body = DCC, Nawalpur

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| area_total_km2 = 1331.16

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| website = {{URL|http://www.ddcnawalparasi.gov.np/}}

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Nawalpur ({{IPAc-en|n|ə|ˌ|w|ʌ|l|ˈ|p|ʊər}}, {{langx|ne|नवलपुर}}, {{IPA|ne|ˈnʌwʌlpur|pron}}) is one of 11 districts of Gandaki Province of Nepal. The headquarters of the district is Kawasoti.{{cite web |url= https://www.kantipurdaily.com/news/2017/09/22/20170922203515.html |title= पूर्वी नवलपरासीको नाम 'नवलपुर जिल्ला' र सदरमुकाम कावासोतीमा राख्ने निर्णय |date=22 September 2017 |website= www.kantipurdaily.com |publisher=KMG |access-date=21 March 2018 |trans-title = Decision to named Nawalpur of the East Nawalparasi and fix Headquarter at Kawasoti |language = ne }}

Nawalpur District and Parasi District were formerly a single district, Nawalparasi District, until a reorganization effective 20 September 2015.

The total area of Nawalpur District is {{convert|1331.16|km2}} and total population of this district as of 2011 Nepal census is 310864 individuals.{{cite web |url= http://citypopulation.de/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm1id=76 |title=CITY POPULATION– statistics, maps & charts |date=8 October 2017 |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=21 March 2018}}

History

During Rana regime, Nawalpur district was a sub-district of Chitwan District then it established separately and again merged with a small portion (Parasi) of Butwal District and established Nawalparasi District. In 2015 again Nawalpur District was again separately reestablished.

Divisions

The district is divided into four urban municipalities and four rural municipalities.{{cite web |url= http://mofald.gov.np/sites/default/files/News_Notices/Final%20District%201-75%20Corrected%20Last%20for%20RAJPATRA.pdf |title=District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA (page no. 261) |website=www.mofald.gov.np |access-date=2 March 2018}}

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Demographics

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|1981 |149,543

|1991 |211,228

|2001 |272,557

|2011 |311,604

|2021 |381,105

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At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 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, 1.6% Newari, 1.2% Bhojpuri, 0.8% Tamang, 0.7% Kumhali, 0.5% Bote, 0.4% Khash, 0.4% Maithili, 0.3% Darai, 0.2% Hindi, 0.1% Bhujel, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Urdu and 0.1% other languages.[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=district-47&geo_ids=district-47,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Language]

Ethnicity/caste: 29.1% were Magar, 23.8% Hill Brahmin, 11.8% Tharu, 7.7% Chhetri, 5.4% Kami, 3.9% Kumal, 2.9% Gurung, 2.9% Newar, 2.5% Damai/Dholi, 1.8% Thakuri, 1.4% Tamang, 1.0% Sarki, 0.8% other Dalit, 0.7% Bote, 0.6% Darai, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Musalman, 0.4% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.3% Musahar, 0.2% Badi, 0.2% Kathabaniyan, 0.2% Rai, 0.1% Koiri/Kushwaha, 0.1% Kurmi, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Mallaha, 0.1% Sunuwar, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Yadav and 0.2% others.[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=district-47&geo_ids=district-47,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Caste]

Religion: 87.8% were Hindu, 8.7% Buddhist, 2.7% Christian, 0.5% Muslim, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.1% others.[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=district-47&geo_ids=district-47,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Religion]

Literacy: 74.7% could read and write, 2.1% could only read and 23.1% could neither read nor write.[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=district-47&geo_ids=district-47,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Literacy]

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20180831065451/http://103.69.124.141/ MoFALD]
[http://www.ddcnawalparasi.gov.np/ DCC Nawalparasi]

Category:Districts of Nepal established during Rana regime or before

Category:Gandaki Province

Category:Districts of Nepal established in 2015