Khairahani
Khairahani is a municipality in the Chitwan District of Bagmati Province, southern Nepal. The municipality was established on 8 May 2014 by merging the former Village Development Committees of Khairahani, Kumroj, and Chainpur.
According to the 2011 Nepal census, Khairahani Municipality had a population of 56,925 people.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Khairahani Municipality had a population of 56,925.Language
The most commonly spoken first languages were:- Nepali – 60.2%
- Tharu – 25.8%
- Darai – 4.9%
- Tamang – 2.7%
- Bhojpuri – 2.1%
- Magar – 1.0%
- Newar – 0.9%
- Gurung – 0.7%
- Maithili – 0.6%
- Hindi – 0.4%
- Chepang – 0.3%
- Bote – 0.2%
- Kham – 0.1%
- Urdu – 0.1%
- Other languages – 0.1%
Ethnicity/Caste
The ethnic or caste composition was:- Tharu – 27.1%
- Hill Brahmin – 25.7%
- Chhetri – 14.1%
- Darai – 5.2%
- Magar – 4.3%
- Tamang – 4.3%
- Newar – 4.0%
- Kami – 3.0%
- Gurung – 2.8%
- Damai/Dholi – 1.7%
- Musalman – 1.2%
- Kanu – 0.6%
- Bote – 0.5%
- Chepang/Praja – 0.5%
- Sanyasi/Dasnami – 0.5%
- Sarki – 0.5%
- Gharti/Bhujel – 0.4%
- Gaine – 0.3%
- Kumal – 0.3%
- Thakuri – 0.3%
- Dusadh/Paswan/Pasi – 0.2%
- Majhi – 0.2%
- Musahar – 0.2%
- Rai – 0.2%
- Teli – 0.2%
- Chamar/Harijan/Ram – 0.1%
- Ghale – 0.1%
- Hajam/Thakur – 0.1%
- Halwai – 0.1%
- Kalwar – 0.1%
- Kathabaniyan – 0.1%
- Koiri/Kushwaha – 0.1%
- Mallaha – 0.1%
- Other Terai – 0.1%
- Yadav – 0.1%
- Others – 0.1%
Religion
Religious affiliations were as follows:- Hindu – 89.7%
- Buddhist – 6.1%
- Christian – 2.5%
- Muslim – 1.2%
- Prakriti – 0.1%
- Others – 0.4%