Dharche Rural Municipality

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Dharche Rural Municipality had a population of 13,264. Of these, 85.4% spoke Gurung, 7.6% Nepali, 4.6% Ghale, 2.1% Tamang, 0.2% Rai and 0.1% other languages as their first language.^[2]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 82.8% were Gurung, 11.3% Ghale, 5.0% Kami, 0.3% Hill Brahmin, 0.2% Chhetri, 0.2% Rai and 0.2% others.^[3]

In terms of religion, 56.2% were Buddhist, 25.3% Hindu, 12.8% Bon, 5.6% Christian and 0.1% others.^[4]

In terms of literacy, 46.5% could both read and write, 4.7% could read but not write and 48.8% could neither read nor write.^[5]