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Turmakhand Rural Municipality
Turmakhand (Nepali: तुर्माखाँद ) is a Rural Municipality in Achham District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal.[1] Turmakhand has the population of 24,940. The area of Turmakhand is 232.07 km2.[2] It was formed by merging Bhairabsthan, Turmakhad, Nada, Raniban, Toshi and Dhamali VDCs.[3] The municipality was declared Chau Goth free in 2019 which is a tradition where women are forced to stay in a barn during her mensuration cycle.[4] DemographicsAt the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Turmakhand Rural Municipality had a population of 24,782. Of these, 99.4% spoke Nepali, 0.5% Magar and 0.1% other languages as their first language.[5] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 46.8% were Chhetri, 14.3% Hill Brahmin, 14.1% Kami, 10.2% other Dalit, 7.5% Thakuri, 4.9% Damai/Dholi, 1.2% Majhi, 0.8% Magar, 0.1% Sarki and 0.2% others.[6] In terms of religion, 99.8% were Hindu and 0.2% were Buddhist.[7] In terms of literacy, 50.8% could read and write, 4.0% could only read, and 45.2% could neither read nor write.[8] References
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