Siddhicharan is a municipality and the district headquarter of Okhaldhunga District in Province No. 1 of Nepal that was established in May 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Andheri, Thulachhap , Jyamire , Salleri , Rumjatar and Okhaldhunga . It is named after the Nepali poet Siddhicharan Shrestha .
2-801: At the time of the 2011 Nepal census , Siddhicharan Municipality had a population of 28,844. Of these, 65.5% spoke Nepali , 10.5% Sherpa , 7.7% Magar , 6.5% Bahing , 3.3% Tamang , 2.1% Rai , 0.9% Gurung , 0.7% Maithili , 0.6% Bhujel and 2.2% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 17.8% were Chhetri , 14.0% Hill Brahmin , 13.3% Magar , 11.3% Sherpa , 8.6% Newar , 5.1% Rai , 5.0% Gurung , 4.3% Kami , 3.8% Tamang and 16.8% others. In terms of religion, 72.8% were Hindu , 19.0% Buddhist , 7.1% Kirati , 0.7% Christian , 0.1% Prakriti and 0.3% others. Rumjatar Airport lies in Old-Rumjatar offering flights to Lukla and Kathmandu . 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted
4-778: A widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics . Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and villages of each district . The data included statistics on population size, households, sex and age distribution, place of birth, residence characteristics, literacy, marital status, religion, language spoken, caste/ethnic group, economically active population, education, number of children, employment status, and occupation. The population wise ranking of 126 Nepalese castes/ethnic groups as per 2011 Nepal census. This Nepal -related article
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