Pakhribas Municipality

History

Pakhribas was a village development committee in Dhankuta District in the Kosi Zone of the Eastern Development Region before 2014. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 4508 people living in 890 individual households.

Climate

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Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Pakhribas Municipality had a population of 22,078. Of these, 53.8% spoke Nepali, 14.4% Tamang, 13.4% Magar, 8.8% Rai, 3.0% Bantawa, 1.3% Phangduwali, 0.9% Gurung, 0.7% Limbu, 0.7% Yakkha, 0.6% Newar, 0.5% Nachhiring, 0.4% Athpare, 0.4% Maithili, 0.2% Sherpa, 0.1% Bhujel, 0.1% Dungmali, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Sampang, 0.1% Sign language and 0.2% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 27.2% were Chhetri, 16.4% Rai, 16.0% Tamang, 13.9% Magar, 5.8% Hill Brahmin, 4.7% Kami, 3.6% Newar, 2.4% Damai/Dholi, 2.0% Gharti/Bhujel, 2.0% Gurung, 1.9% Sarki, 1.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% Limbu, 0.4% Aathpariya, 0.3% Sherpa, 0.2% Yakkha, 0.1% Bantawa, 0.1% Dhunia, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Yadav and 0.5% others.

In terms of religion, 59.8% were Hindu, 26.3% Buddhist, 12.8% Kirati, 1.0% Christian and 0.2% others.

In terms of literacy, 72.2% could read and write, 2.4% could only read and 25.4% could neither read nor write.

Divisions

Pakhribas Municipality is divided into different formal VDCs.

References

References

2. "संक्षिप्त परिचय". Pakhribas Municipality.
3. "स्थानीय तहहरूको विवरण". MoFALD.
4. "Nepal Census 2001". [[Digital Himalaya]].
5. [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=local-7006&geo_ids=local-7006,district-18,province-1,country-NP NepalMap Language]
6. [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=local-7006&geo_ids=local-7006,district-18,province-1,country-NP NepalMap Caste]
7. [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=local-7006&geo_ids=local-7006,district-18,province-1,country-NP NepalMap Religion]
8. [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=local-7006&geo_ids=local-7006,district-18,province-1,country-NP NepalMap Literacy]