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Doramba Rural Municipality
Doramba is a Rural municipality located within the Ramechhap District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans 140.88 square kilometres (54.39 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 22,738 according to a 2011 Nepal census.[1][2] On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures.[3][4] The previous Dadhuwa, Doramba, Tokarpur, Goshwara, Gunsi Bhadaure and Lakhanpur VDCs were merged to form Doramba Rural Municipality. Doramba is divided into 7 wards, with Tokarpur declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.[citation needed] DemographicsAt the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Doramba Rural Municipality had a population of 22,773. Of these, 51.9% spoke Nepali, 29.4% Tamang, 7.8% Thangmi, 4.9% Magar, 3.5% Newar, 1.4% Pahari, 0.7% Sherpa, 0.1% Maithili and 0.1% other languages as their first language.[5] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 29.6% were Tamang, 24.9% Magar, 14.9% Newar, 7.8% Thami, 6.9% Hill Brahmin, 5.2% Chhetri, 4.3% Kami, 2.4% Sarki, 1.5% Pahari, 1.3% Damai/Dholi, 0.7% Sherpa, 0.2% Badi and 0.4% others.[6] In terms of religion, 46.3% were Buddhist, 43.2% Hindu, 9.2% Prakriti, 1.0% Christian and 0.3% others.[7] In terms of literacy, 54.0% could read and write, 4.2% could only read and 41.7% could neither read nor write.[8] References
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