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Shuklaphanta
Shuklaphanta is a municipality in Kanchanpur District in Sudurpashchim Province of south-western Nepal. The new municipality was formed by merging two existing villages—Jhalari and Pipaladi—on 18 May 2014.[2][3] The office of the municipality is that of the former Jhalari village development committee. DemographicsAt the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Shuklaphanta Rural Municipality had a population of 47,360. Of these, 61.7% spoke Doteli, 24.5% Tharu, 4.9% Baitadeli, 3.3% Achhami, 2.4% Nepali, 1.2% Magar, 0.5% Bajhangi, 0.5% Darchuleli, 0.3% Bajureli, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Sign language, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Surel and 0.2% other languages as their first language.[4] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 38.7% were Chhetri, 24.6% Tharu, 18.9% Hill Brahmin, 4.6% Kami, 4.0% other Dalit, 2.8% Thakuri, 1.8% Damai/Dholi, 1.3% Magar, 1.3% Sarki, 0.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.6% Lohar, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Musalman, 0.1% Rajput, 0.1% Tamang, and 0.2% others.[5] In terms of religion, 98.1% were Hindu, 1.0% Christian, 0.7% Prakriti, 0.1% Buddhist and 0.1% Muslim.[6] In terms of literacy, 68.5% could read and write, 2.4% could only read and 29.1% could neither read nor write.[7] References
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