Thasang Rural Municipality

Thasang Rural Municipality थासाङ गाउँपालिका
Gaunpalika
Thasang Rural Municipality Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28.692431°N 83.617854°E / 28.692431; 83.617854
Country	Nepal
Province	Gandaki
District	Mustang District
Population
• Total	2,912
Time zone	UTC 5:45 (Nepal Time)
Website	http://thasangmun.gov.np/

Thasang Rural Municipality (Nepali: थासाङ गाउँपालिका, romanized: Thāsāṅa gā'um̐pālikā) is a Gaunpalika, or rural municipality, in Mustang district in Gandaki Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structure, in which Village Development Committees were replaced by municipal and Village Councils. Thasang is one of these 753 local units.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Thasang Rural Municipality had a population of 3,093. Of these, 76.3% spoke Nepali, 14.7% Thakali, 4.1% Magar, 0.9% Tamang, 0.8% Gurung, 0.7% Sign language, 0.6% Kham, 0.4% Rai and 1.0% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 34.1% were Thakali, 17.8% Kami, 17.0% Magar, 10.4% Damai/Dholi, 4.7% Chhetri, 3.4% Hill Brahmin, 2.5% Chhantyal, 2.0% Gurung, 1.6% Tamang, 1.2% Sarki, 1.1% other Dalit, 1.0% Rai, 0.9% Newar, 0.7% Sherpa, 0.4% Limbu and 1.2% others.

In terms of religion, 63.0% were Hindu, 34.5% Buddhist, 1.7% Christian, 0.2% Kirati, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.5% others.

In terms of literacy, 72.8% could read and write, 2.4% could only read and 24.7% could neither read nor write.