Molung Rural Municipality
Molung (Nepali: मोलुङ गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in Okhaldhunga District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 8 municipalities in Okhaldhunga in which 1 is urban and 7 are rural.
Molung
मोलुङ गाउँपालिका | |
|---|---|
  Molung Location in Province No. 1  Molung Molung (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27.366667°N 86.433333°E | |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Okhaldhunga |
| Wards | 8 |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Rural Council |
| • Chairperson | Mr. Maniraj Rai (NCP) |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs. Hem Kumari Tamang (NC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 112 km2 (43 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 15,862 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
| Headquarter | Prapcha |
| Website | official website |
According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Developme Molung has an area of 112 square kilometres (43 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 15862 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2][3]
Kuntadevi, Baraneshwar, Harkapur, Prapcha, Shreechaur, Patle and Ragadip which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).[1][3]
The rural municipality is divided into total 8 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Prapcha.[1][3]
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Molung Rural Municipality had a population of 16,274. Of these, 57.3% spoke Nepali, 14.7% Tamang, 12.7% Sherpa, 5.6% Bahing, 4.3% Sunwar, 3.1% Rai, 1.4% Magar and 0.9% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 20.6% were Hill Brahmin, 16.1% Tamang, 15.6% Chhetri, 12.7% Sherpa, 9.2% Rai, 5.6% Kami, 4.6% Sunuwar, 4.3% Damai/Dholi, 2.8% Magar and 8.5% others.
In terms of religion, 64.3% were Hindu, 27.9% Buddhist, 6.2% Kirati, 1.3% Christian and 0.3% others.[4]
References
- "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "मोलुङ गाउँपालिका को संक्षिप्त्त परिचय" [Short introduction of Molung Rural Municipality]. www.molungmun.gov.np (in Nepali). Molung Rural Municipality. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- NepalMap Demographics
