Bagmati Rural Municipality बागमती गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
Nickname:  Bagmati
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Coordinates: 27°31′N 85°18′E / 27.51°N 85.30°E / 27.51; 85.30
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Lalitpur District
Established	March 2017
Government
• Chairperson	Bir Bahadur Lopchan (Nepali Congress)
• Vice Chairperson	Bhakta Bahadur Darlami Magar (Nishan)
Area
• Total	111.49 km2 (43.05 sq mi)
Population  (2011 Nepal census)
• Total	13,049
• Density	117.04/km2 (303.1/sq mi)
Website	http://bagmatimunlalitpur.gov.np/

Bagmati is a Rural Municipality in Lalitpur District in Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established in 2017 by merging the former Village development committees Ashrang, Ghusel, Malta, Bhattedanda, Pyutar, Ikudol and Gimdi in March 2017.^[1] The center of this rural municipality is located in Old-Bhattedanda.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Bagmati Rural Municipality had a population of 13,049. Of these, 58.3% spoke Tamang, 40.2% Nepali, 0.9% Magar, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1% Bhojpuri and 0.3% other languages as their first language.^[2]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 58.6% were Tamang, 23.2% Hill Brahmin, 7.3% Chhetri, 5.9% Magar, 1.9% Kami, 1.4% Ghale, 0.5% Damai/Dholi, 0.3% Brahmu/Baramo, 0.2% other Dalit, 0.2% Newar, 0.1% other Terai and 0.4% others.^[3]

In terms of religion, 59.3% were Buddhist, 39.5% Hindu, 1.1% Christian and 0.1% others.^[4]

In terms of literacy, 69.0% could read and write, 2.1% could only read and 28.8% could neither read nor write.^[5]

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