Lamjung District

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Lamjung District (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Besisahar as its district headquarters, covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and since 2011Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". had a population of 167,724.[1] lies in the mid-hills of Nepal spanning tropical to trans-Himalayan geo-ecological belts, including the geographical midpoint of the country (i.e., Duipipal). It has mixed habitation of castes and ethnicities. It is host to probably the highest density of the Gurung ethnic population in the country.

Popular Media in Lamjung Includes Mero Lamjung, Radio Chautari, Aantaranga Saptahik, Radio Marsyangdi,Radio Lamjung, etc.

Geography and climate

Climate Zone[2] Elevation Range % of Area
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.
18.5%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.
34.0%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.
20.3%
Subalpine 3,000 to 4,000 meters
9,800 to 13,100 ft.
14.1%
Alpine 4,000 to 5,000 meters
13,100 to 16,400 ft.
8.0%
Nival above 5,000 meters 3.6%
Trans-Himalayan 3,000 to 6,400 meters
9,800 to 21,000 ft.
1.3%

Demographics

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Children in Bhujung, Nepal

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At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Lamjung District had a population of 155,852. 5.97% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 77.49% and a sex ratio of 1104 females per 1000 males. 104,648 (67.15%) lived in municipalities.[3]

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Hill Janjati and Khas people are the two largest groups, both making up 47% of the population. Khas Dalits were 19% of the population. The remainder is almost entirely made up of Newars.[4]

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At the time of the 2021 census, 59.62% of the population spoke Nepali, 27.74% Gurung, 6.71% Tamang, 1.58% Nepal Bhasha and 0.99% Magar as their first language.[5] In 2011, 58.6% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.[6]

Religion in Lamjung District (2021)[7]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
62.44%
Buddhism
29.54%
Bon
4.66%
Christianity
2.48%
Islam
0.77%
Other or not stated
0.11%

Rural municipalities and municipalities

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2015 earthquake

The epicentre of an earthquake on 25 April 2015 was near Lamjung District that is Barpak of Gorkha district.[8] Most of the major damage and casualties took place in nearby Kathmandu, Nepal's capital.[9] The death toll was placed at over 8,800. However, only four deaths were reported in Lamjung District.

While Lamjung was the district with the 20th most deaths in Nepal, it was severely damaged. The villages of Bichaur, Ilampokhari, Dudhpokhari, Gauda, Kolki and Pyarjung were the most affected. Assistant Sub Inspector Bir Bahadur Thapa Magar identified the four deaths in Lamjung District as Lakshmi Gurung, 18, of Ilampokhari village; Nepti Tamang, 91, of Gaudu village; Sher Bahadur Tamang, 62, of Gaudu village; and three-and-a-half-month-old Sumit Bika of Gauda village. Twenty-five people were injured in Lamjung District. Local police estimate 2,094 houses were completely destroyed while another 2,129 houses were partially damaged.[10]

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