Gaurishankar Rural Municipality

Gaurishankar, a part of Bagmati Province, Nepal, is a rural municipality located in Dolakha District. With Suri as its current official headquarters, the rural municipality consists of nine wards covers an area of 681.39 km² and has a population of 17,062 in 2011.
It is named after Mount Gaurishankar, which determines Nepal time, and is also home to Tsho Rolpa Lake, one of the biggest glacial lakes in Nepal.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Gaurishankar Rural Municipality had a population of 17,140. Of these, 60.8% spoke Nepali, 19.2% Sherpa, 13.8% Tamang, 2.7% Jirel, 1.6% Newar, 0.7% Surel, 0.3% Magar, 0.3% Thangmi, 0.2% Gurung, 0.2% Maithili and 0.1% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 35.4% were Chhetri, 20.2% Sherpa, 18.0% Tamang, 5.9% Kami, 4.4% Newar, 3.7% Jirel, 3.1% Gurung, 1.9% Damai/Dholi, 1.9% Magar, 1.7% Hill Brahmin, 1.2% Sarki, 1.0% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.8% Thami, 0.3% Thakuri, 0.1% other Terai and 0.4% others.
In terms of religion, 57.3% were Hindu, 38.3% Buddhism, 2.9% Prakiriti, 1.2% Christian and 0.3% others.
In terms of literacy, 56.7% could read and write, 4.7% could only read and 38.6% could neither read nor write.

The rural municipality consists of nine wards: