Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality
{{short description|Gaunpalika in Gandaki, Nepal}}
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| native_name = सहिद लखन गाउँपालिका
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Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality (Nepali :सहिद लखन गाँउपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structure, with the implementation of the new local administrative structure, VDCs have been replaced with municipal and Village Councils. Sahid Lakhan is one of these 753 local units.{{Cite web|last=Collegenp|title=Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality, Gorkha|url=https://www.collegenp.com/institute/sahid-lakhan-rural-municipality/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=www.collegenp.com|language=English}}{{Cite web|title=शहिद लखन गाउँपालिका, गाउँ कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय, {{!}} पिपलछाप, घैरुङ्ग, गोरखा जिल्ला, गण्डकी प्रदेश, नेपाल।|url=http://shahidlakhanmun.gov.np/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=shahidlakhanmun.gov.np}}
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality had a population of 27,555. Of these, 71.6% spoke Nepali, 26.0% Magar, 1.3% Chepang, 0.3% Gurung, 0.2% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Newar, 0.1% Urdu and 0.1% other languages as their first language.[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=local-36009&geo_ids=local-36009,district-23,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Language]
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 36.7% were Magar, 16.0% Newar, 13.1% Hill Brahmin, 9.3% Gurung, 6.8% Chhetri, 6.5% Sarki, 3.7% Kami, 3.4% Damai/Dholi, 1.5% Chepang/Praja, 0.5% Darai, 0.4% Badi, 0.4% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.3% Majhi, 0.2% Brahmu/Baramo, 0.2% Musalman, 0.1% Kumal, 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% other Terai and 0.3% others.[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=local-36009&geo_ids=local-36009,district-23,province-4,country-NP Nepal Map Caste]
In terms of religion, 93.9% were Hindu, 4.9% Buddhist, 0.9% Christian, 0.2% Muslim and 0.1% Prakriti.[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=local-36009&geo_ids=local-36009,district-23,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Religion]
In terms of literacy, 69.2% could both read and write, 1.8% could read but not write and 28.9% could neither read nor write.[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=local-36009&geo_ids=local-36009,district-23,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Literacy]
References
{{Gorkha District}}
Category:Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
Category:Rural municipalities in Gorkha District
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