en Sunilsmriti Rural Municipality

Sunilsmriti (RM)

सुनिलस्मृति गाउँपालिका
Sunilsmriti (RM) सुनिलस्मृति गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
	Sunilsmriti (RM) Location Sunilsmriti (RM) Sunilsmriti (RM) (Nepal)
	Coordinates: 28°14′N 82°43′E / 28.24°N 82.72°E
Country	Nepal
Province	Lumbini
District	Rolpa
Wards	7
Established	10 March 2017
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Chairperson	Mr. Gunendra Gharti
• Vice-chairperson	Mrs. Bagmati Chhetrini
• Term of office	(2017 - 2022)
Area
• Total	156.55 km2 (60.44 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	28,213
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Headquarter	Mijhing
Website	sunilsmritimun.gov.np

Sunilsmriti is a Rural municipality located within the Rolpa District of the Lumbini Province of Nepal. The rural municipality spans 156.55 square kilometres (60.44 sq mi) of area, with a total population of 28,213 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 Mijhing, Aresh, Khungri, Ghodagaun, Tewang, Gajul and portion of Phagam VDCs were merged to form Sunilsmriti Rural Municipality. Sunilsmriti is divided into 7 wards, with Mijhing declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Sunilsmriti Rural Municipality had a population of 28,213. Of these, 98.4% spoke Nepali, 0.5% Kham, 0.5% Magar, 0.2% Urdu, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Newar,and 0.1% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 34.1% were Magar, 33.0% Chhetri, 13.6% Kami, 5.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 3.8% Hill Brahmin, 3.2% Damai/Dholi, 3.1% Thakuri, 1.7% Sarki, 0.5% Musalman and 1.5% others.

In terms of religion, 96.3% were Hindu, 2.7% Buddhist, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Christian and 0.3% others.^[5]