Khairahani is a municipality in the Chitwan District of Bagmati Province, southern Nepal. The municipality was established on 8 May 2014 by merging the former Village Development Committees (VDCs) of Khairahani, Kumroj, and Chainpur.
According to the 2011 Nepal census, Khairahani Municipality had a population of 56,925 people.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Khairahani Municipality had a population of 56,925.
Language
The most commonly spoken first languages were:
- Nepali â 60.2%
- Tharu â 25.8%
- Darai â 4.9%
- Tamang â 2.7%
- Bhojpuri â 2.1%
- Magar â 1.0%
- Newar â 0.9%
- Gurung â 0.7%
- Maithili â 0.6%
- Hindi â 0.4%
- Chepang â 0.3%
- Bote â 0.2%
- Kham â 0.1%
- Urdu â 0.1%
- Other languages â 0.1%
Ethnicity/Caste
The ethnic or caste composition was:
- Tharu â 27.1%
- Hill Brahmin â 25.7%
- Chhetri â 14.1%
- Darai â 5.2%
- Magar â 4.3%
- Tamang â 4.3%
- Newar â 4.0%
- Kami â 3.0%
- Gurung â 2.8%
- Damai/Dholi â 1.7%
- Musalman â 1.2%
- Kanu â 0.6%
- Bote â 0.5%
- Chepang/Praja â 0.5%
- Sanyasi/Dasnami â 0.5%
- Sarki â 0.5%
- Gharti/Bhujel â 0.4%
- Gaine â 0.3%
- Kumal â 0.3%
- Thakuri â 0.3%
- Dusadh/Paswan/Pasi â 0.2%
- Majhi â 0.2%
- Musahar â 0.2%
- Rai â 0.2%
- Teli â 0.2%
- Chamar/Harijan/Ram â 0.1%
- Ghale â 0.1%
- Hajam/Thakur â 0.1%
- Halwai â 0.1%
- Kalwar â 0.1%
- Kathabaniyan â 0.1%
- Koiri/Kushwaha â 0.1%
- Mallaha â 0.1%
- Other Terai â 0.1%
- Yadav â 0.1%
- Others â 0.1%
Religion
Religious affiliations were as follows:
- Hindu â 89.7%
- Buddhist â 6.1%
- Christian â 2.5%
- Muslim â 1.2%
- Prakriti â 0.1%
- Others â 0.4%
Ward Profile
Presidents of Wards
- Ward No. 1: Navaraj Bhusal (NC)
- Ward No. 2: Rohini Prasad Upreti (NC)
- Ward No. 3: Purna Bahadur Gurung (NC)
- Ward No. 4: Ved Bahadur Adhikari (CPN-UML)
- Ward No. 5: Chhatra Nath Subedi (CPN-UML)
- Ward No. 6: Kamal Prasad Neupane (CPN-UML)
- Ward No. 7: Maneger Mahato (CPN-UML)
- Ward No. 8: Shankar Kandel (NC)
- Ward No. 9: Bandhu Ram Mahato (CPN-UML)
- Ward No. 10: Chandra Vikram Chaudhary (NC)
- Ward No. 11: Dipendra Kumar Darai (CPN-UML)
- Ward No. 12: Kedar Nath Pant (NC)
- Ward No. 13: Kul Prasad Bhusal (CPN-UML)
References