Melung Rural Municipality


Melung is a Rural municipality located within the Dolakha District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans of area, with a total population of 20,708 according to a 2011 Nepal census.
On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Pawati, Ghang Sukathokar, Bhedapu, Dandakharka, and Melung VDCs were merged to form Melung Rural Municipality. Melung is divided into 7 wards, with Bhedapu declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Melung Rural Municipality had a population of 20,287. Of these, 78.7% spoke Nepali, 18.8% Tamang, 1.1% Thangmi, 0.8% Magar, 0.3% Newar, and 0.2% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 42.9% were Chhetri, 19.0% Tamang, 8.7% Newar, 7.8% Hill Brahmin, 5.3% Magar, 5.0% Kami, 2.5% Sarki, 2.4% Damai/Dholi, 2.3% Gharti/Bhujel, 2.0% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.5% Thami, and 0.4% others.
In terms of religion, 73.7% were Hindu, 23.6% Buddhist, 1.5% Prakriti, 0.8% Christian, and 0.3% others.
In terms of literacy, 59.8% could read and write, 4.9% could only read, and 35.3% could neither read nor write.

Melung VDC

Melung is now a part of Melung Rural Municipality. It was a separate village development committee from 1990 to 2017. Melung village had more than of area, and the population according to 2011 had 3,566 with 836 individual households. This whole village is now a ward of Melung RM. Some areas from Melung VDC were carved out and merged with Dandakharka to form ward no. 6 of Melung RM.

Ward division

Melung RM is divided into 7 wards as below:
VillageWardArea Population
Pawati116.964,573
Ghang Sukathokar26.191,891
Ghang Sukathokar314.32,339
Bhedapu418.393705
Dandakharka514.212,816
610.272,637-
Melung76.222,249
Melung RM786.5420,210