Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality

Rural Municipality in Gandaki Province, Nepal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barpak Sulikot is a Rural Municipality in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Province of northern-central Nepal.[1] After the merging of 7 village development committee, it's called Barpak Sulikot. [2][3]

Country   Nepal
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Websitebarpaksulikotmun.gov.np
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Barpak Sulikot
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Rural Municipality
Barpak Sulikot is located in Gandaki Province
Barpak Sulikot
Barpak Sulikot
Location in Nepal
Barpak Sulikot is located in Nepal
Barpak Sulikot
Barpak Sulikot
Barpak Sulikot (Nepal)
Coordinates: 28.14°N 84.72°E / 28.14; 84.72
Country   Nepal
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictGorkha District
Area
 • Total
200.63 km2 (77.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
25,389
 • Density126.55/km2 (327.75/sq mi)
 2011 Nepal census
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Websitebarpaksulikotmun.gov.np
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Languages

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality had a population of 25,399. Of these, 63.4% spoke Nepali, 22.9% Gurung, 7.8% Ghale, 3.2% Bajjika, 1.0% Magar, 0.9% Tamang, 0.5% Newar, 0.1% Urdu and 0.2% other languages as their first language.[4]

Ethnicity/Caste

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 39.0% were Gurung, 10.3% Brahmu/Baramo, 9.8% Hill Brahmin, 8.3% Chhetri, 8.1% Ghale, 5.5% Kami, 5.3% Magar, 5.0% Sarki, 3.4% Tamang, 2.5% Newar, 1.4% Damai/Dholi, 0.4% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.4% Thakuri, 0.2% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Musalman and 0.2% others.[5]

Religion

In terms of religion, 52.0% were Hindu, 42.0% Buddhist, 3.4% Christian, 2.4% Prakriti and 0.1% Muslim.[6]

Literacy

In terms of literacy, 60.8% could both read and write, 3.0% could read but not write and 36.1% could neither read nor write.[7]

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