Bhanu is a municipality of Tanahun District in Gandaki Province of western Nepal . The municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Bhanu village development committee or VDC , Barbhanjyang VDCs, Rupakot (VDC), Tanahunsur Village Development Committee , Purkot VDC, Mirlung VDC, Satiswara VDC, Risti VDC, Basantapur VDC and Chok Chisapani VDC. The center of the municipality is established in former VDC Office of Bhanu. After merging the population of all of the VDCs, it had a total population of 46,179 according to 2011 Nepal census . After the government decision the number of municipalities has reached 217 in Nepal. Nepali poet Bhanubhakta Acharya was born in Bhanu Municipality. It was named after him.
2-1133: At the time of the 2011 Nepal census , Bhanu Municipality had a population of 46,179. Of these, 81.6% spoke Nepali , 7.5% Gurung , 3.7% Newar , 2.9% Tamang , 1.4% Urdu , 1.1% Kumhali , 1.1% Magar , 0.2% Bhojpuri , 0.1% Hindi , 0.1% Rai and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 25.5% were Chhetri , 11.8% Hill Brahmin , 11.4% Gurung , 10.3% Newar , 6.7% Magar , 6.5% Sarki , 6.4% Kami , 5.9% Tamang , 3.4% Damai /Dholi, 2.8% Kumal , 2.6% Musalman , 2.4% Gharti/ Bhujel , 0.9% Badi , 0.8% Thakuri , 0.4% Gaine , 0.3% Majhi, 0.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2% Bote, 0.2% Ghale , 0.2% Rai , 0.1% other Dalit , 0.1% Dura, 0.1% Hajam /Thakur, 0.1% Kamar, 0.1% Kurmi , 0.1% Yadav and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 83.7% were Hindu , 11.8% Buddhist , 2.6% Muslim , 1.4% Christian , 0.1% Bon and 0.3% others. In terms of literacy, 72.8% could read and write, 1.7% could only read and 25.4% could neither read nor write. There are 13 wards in Bhanu Municipality. This article about
4-1003: A location in the Tanahun District of Nepal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted 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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