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'''Ramechhap  Municipality''' is a [[List of cities in Nepal|municipality]] in [[Ramechhap District]] in [[Bagmati Province]] of [[Nepal]]. It was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former [[Village development committee (Nepal)|village development committees]] Old-Ramechhap, [[Okhreni]] and [[Sukajor]].<ref name=nmnews2014>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalmountainnews.com/cms/2014/12/03/78579/|title=Govt creates 61 new municipalities|publisher=Nepal Mountain News}}</ref> At the time of the [[2011 Nepal census]] it had a population of 28,612 people living in 6,126 individual households.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Population and Housing Census 2011|url=http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/2017/Population_Ward_Level_753_Local_Unit.pdf|publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics|access-date=1 May 2018|date=November 2017}}</ref>
==Demographics==
At the time of the [[2011 Nepal census]], Ramechhap Municipality had a population of 29,469. Of these, 54.1% spoke [[Nepali language|Nepali]], 16.7% [[Magar language|Magar]], 14.8% [[Tamang language|Tamang]], 10.9% [[Newar language|Newar]], 1.5% [[Sunwar language|Sunwar]], 1.3% [[Vayu language|Vayu]], 0.2% [[Maithili language|Maithili]], 0.1% [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], 0.1% [[Majhi language|Majhi]] and 0.1% other languages as their first language.<ref> NepalMap Language [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=local-21006&geo_ids=local-21006,district-55,province-3,country-NP]</ref>
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 23.6% were [[Newar people|Newar]], 21.9% [[Magars|Magar]], 18.3% [[Chhetri]],  15.2% [[Tamang people|Tamang]], 3.6% [[Sunuwar people|Sunuwar]], 3.3% [[Kami (caste)|Kami]], 2.8% [[Bahun|Hill Brahmin]], 2.6% [[Hayu]], 2.3% [[Sarki (ethnic group)|Sarki]], 1.9% [[Damai]]/Dholi, 1.8% [[Majhi people|Majhi]], 1.3% Gharti/[[Bhujel]], 0.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3% other [[Dalit]], 0.1% [[Badi people|Badi]], 0.1% [[Pahari people (Nepal)|Pahari]], 0.1% other Terai and 0.2% others.<ref> NepalMap Caste [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=local-21006&geo_ids=local-21006,district-55,province-3,country-NP]</ref>
In terms of religion, 79.7% were [[Hinduism|Hindu]], 18.2% [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], 1.0% [[Animism|Prakriti]], 0.9% [[Christianity|Christian]] and 0.2% others.<ref> NepalMap Religion [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=local-21006&geo_ids=local-21006,district-55,province-3,country-NP]</ref>
In terms of literacy, 62.6% could read and write, 3.2% could only read and 34.0% could neither read nor write.<ref> NepalMap Literacy [https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=local-21006&geo_ids=local-21006,district-55,province-3,country-NP]</ref>
== Transportation ==
[[Ramechhap Airport]] lies in the neighboring municipality of [[Manthali, Ramechhap|Manthali]].
==References==
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{{Ramechhap District}}
[[Category:Ramechhap District]]
[[Category:Populated places in Ramechhap District]]
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