Melamchi
Sign in to saveMelamchi is a municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Province of central Nepal. The total population of Melamchi Municipality is 45,343, according to the 2011 population census. In the 2011 census, there were 21,729 males and 23,614 females, and the municipality had 11 wards. The CBS data of 2074 showed an increase of 13,471 people.
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- Instance of
- municipality of Nepal
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Sindhupalchowk District
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45
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Melamchi is a municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Province of central Nepal. The total population of Melamchi Municipality is 45,343, according to the 2011 population census. In the 2011 census, there were 21,729 males and 23,614 females, and the municipality had 11 wards. The CBS data of 2074 showed an increase of 13,471 people.
==Culture== Hindu culture dominates the settlements of the valley areas while Buddhist culture is prevalent in the high mountain settlements. The mid-hill settlements of the valley are the meeting ground of the two cultures in the municipality. There are more than 11 Hindu temples and shrines, as well as about 14 monasteries in the Melamchi watershed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melamchi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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