Belauri Municipality बेलौरी नगरपालिका Shreepur
Municipality
Nickname:  Belauri Bazzar
Belauri Municipality Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°47′N 80°19′E / 28.79°N 80.31°E / 28.79; 80.31
Country	Nepal
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
District	Kanchanpur District
Government
• Mayor	Poti Lal Chaudhary (Maoist Center)
• Deputy Mayor	Jogram Chaudhary (UML)
Population  (2020)
• Total	53,544
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Website	www.belaurimun.gov.np

Belauri, The former village development committee was converted into Municipality merging with existing Rampur Bilaspur, Laxmipur, Mahakali and Sripur village development committee on 18 May 2014.^[1][2] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 14,280 people living in 1877 individual households.^[3]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Belauri Municipality had a population of 53,609. Of these, 60.5% spoke Tharu, 15.3% Nepali, 11.8% Doteli, 3.3% Baitadeli, 2.8% Bajhangi, 1.8% Achhami, 1.7% Magar, 0.5% Hindi, 0.4% Bajureli, 0.4% Bote, 0.3% Darchuleli, 0.2% Khash, 0.2% Maithili, 0.2% Newar, 0.1% Awadhi, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Dailekhi, 0.1% Jumli and 0.1% other languages as their first language.^[4]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 60.7% were Tharu, 13.6% Chhetri, 9.7% Hill Brahmin, 5.2% Thakuri, 3.1% Kami, 2.2% Magar, 1.8% other Dalit, 0.8% Damai/Dholi, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4% Bote, 0.3% Gurung, 0.3% Lohar, 0.3% Newar, 0.3% Sarki, 0.2% Badi, 0.1% Terai Brahmin, 0.1% Hajjam/Thakur, 0.1% Kumal, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% other Terai and 0.1% others.^[5]

In terms of religion, 95.7% were Hindu, 3.7% Christian, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Baháʼí and 0.1% Prakriti.^[6]

In terms of literacy, 70.7% could read and write, 2.3% could only read and 27.0% could neither read nor write.^[7]

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