Netrawati Dabjong Rural Municipality
rural Municipality in Province No. 3, Nepal
Netrawati Dabjong is a rural municipality in Dhading District of central Nepal. The local body was formed by merging 3 VDCs namely Katunje, Semjong and Marpak. It has a total of five wards.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Netrawati Dabjong Rural Municipality had a population of 12,870. Of these, 56.8% spoke Nepali, 41.3% Tamang, 0.8% Ghale, 0.8% Gurung, 0.2% Newar and 0,1% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 48.9% were Tamang, 11.5% Chhetri, 8.8% Gurung, 7.4% Newar, 5.9% Hill Brahmin, 5.8% Magar, 5.6% Kami, 2.8% Damai/Dholi, 2.8% Ghale, 0.1% Badi and 0.3% others.
In terms of religion, 54.9% were Buddhist, 44.0% Hindu, 1.0% Christian and 0.1% others.
In terms of literacy, 62.4% could both read and write, 1.6% could read but not write and 35.9% could neither read nor write.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Netrawati Dabjong Rural Municipality” is rural Municipality in Province No. 3, Nepal. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Netrawati, Dabjong and Rural, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q85788327. Authority coordinates are 28.063, 84.919. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.
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