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{{short description|Municipality in Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal}}
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|name                   = Belauri Municipality
|other_name             = Shreepur
|native_name            = बेलौरी नगरपालिका
|nickname               = Belauri Bazzar
|settlement_type        = [[Municipality]]
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|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Nepal|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Sudurpashchim Province]]
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|subdivision_name2      = Kanchanpur District
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|leader_title           = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name            = Poti Lal Chaudhary ([[Nepal Communist Party|Maoist Center]])
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|leader_name1           = Jogram Chaudhary ([[Nepal Communist Party|UML]])
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|population_total               = 53,544
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|website                = [http://www.belaurimun.gov.np www.belaurimun.gov.np]
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'''Belauri''', The former  [[Village development committee (Nepal)|village development committee]] was converted into municipality, merging with existing [[Rampur Bilaspur]], [[Laxmipur, Kanchanpur|Laxmipur]] and '''Sreepur''' village development committee on 18 May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 |title=72 new municipalities announced |publisher=My Republica.com |accessdate=2014-06-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618191026/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 |archivedate=2014-06-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html|title=Government announces 72 new municipalities|publisher=The Kathmandu Post|accessdate=2014-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084717/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html|archive-date=2014-10-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time of the [[1991 Nepal census]] it had a population of 14,280 people living in 1877 individual households.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=[[Digital Himalaya]] |accessdate=24 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=12 October 2008 }}</ref>
==Demographics==
At the time of the [[2011 Nepal census]], Belauri Municipality had a population of 53,609. Of these, 60.5% spoke [[Tharu languages|Tharu]], 15.3% [[Nepali language|Nepali]], 11.8% [[Doteli]], 3.3% [[Nepali language#Dialects|Baitadeli]], 2.8% [[Nepali language#Dialects|Bajhangi]], 1.8% [[Nepali language#Dialects|Achhami]], 1.7% [[Magar language|Magar]], 0.5% [[Hindi]], 0.4% [[Nepali language#Dialects|Bajureli]], 0.4% Bote, 0.3% [[Nepali language#Dialects|Darchuleli]], 0.2% Khash, 0.2% [[Maithili language|Maithili]], 0.2% [[Newar language|Newar]], 0.1% [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], 0.1% [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], 0.1% [[Nepali language#Dialects|Dailekhi]], 0.1% [[Jumli language|Jumli]] and 0.1% other languages as their first language.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=local-72002&geo_ids=local-72002,district-32,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Language]</ref>
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 60.7% were [[Tharu people|Tharu]], 13.6% [[Chhetri]], 9.7% [[Bahun|Hill Brahmin]], 5.2% [[Thakuri]], 3.1% [[Kami (caste)|Kami]], 2.2% [[Magars|Magar]], 1.8% other [[Dalit]], 0.8% [[Damai]]/Dholi, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4% Bote, 0.3% [[Gurung people|Gurung]], 0.3% [[Lohar (caste)|Lohar]], 0.3% [[Newar people|Newar]], 0.3% [[Sarki (ethnic group)|Sarki]], 0.2% [[Badi people|Badi]], 0.1% [[Terai]] [[Brahmin]], 0.1% [[Hajjam]]/Thakur, 0.1% [[Kumal people|Kumal]], 0.1% [[Teli]], 0.1% other Terai and 0.1% others.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=local-72002&geo_ids=local-72002,district-32,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Caste]</ref>
In terms of religion, 95.7% were [[Hinduism in Nepal|Hindu]], 3.7% [[Christianity in Nepal|Christian]], 0.2% [[Buddhism in Nepal|Buddhist]], 0.1% [[Baháʼí Faith in Nepal|Baháʼí]] and 0.1% [[Animism|Prakriti]].<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=local-72002&geo_ids=local-72002,district-32,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Religion]</ref>
In terms of literacy, 70.7% could read and write, 2.3% could only read and 27.0% could neither read nor write.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=local-72002&geo_ids=local-72002,district-32,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Literacy]</ref>
==References==
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{{Kanchanpur District}}
[[Category:Populated places in Kanchanpur District]]
[[Category:Nepal municipalities established in 2014]]
[[Category:Municipalities in Kanchanpur District]]
{{Kanchanpur-geo-stub}}