Kailali, Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal

🇳🇵 Kailari is a rural Municipality in Kailali District in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It is surrounded by Bajani Municipality In the East, Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan City in the West, Gauriganga Municipality and Ghodaghodi Municipality in the North and Uttar Pradesh, India in the South.

Demographics At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Kailari Rural Municipality had a population of 47,987. Of these, 88.5% spoke Tharu, 5.5% Nepali, 2.8% Doteli, 1.4% Achhami, 1.0% Maithili, 0.2% Bajhangi, 0.2% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Baitadeli, 0.1% Darchuleli, 0.1% Newar, 0.1% Sign language, 0.1% Urdu and 0.1% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 89.3% were Tharu, 3.5% Chhetri, 2.5% Kami, 1.9% Hill Brahmin, 0.5% other Dalit, 0.5% Damai/Dholi, 0.5% Magar, 0.4% Thakuri, 0.2% Sarki, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Lohar, 0.1% Musalman, 0.1% Newar, 0.1% Rajbanshi and 0.1% others.

In terms of religion, 97.6% were Hindu, 2.2% Christian, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim and 0.1% others.

In terms of literacy, 62.9% could read and write, 2.0% could only read and 35.2% could neither read nor write.

Kailali District (कैलाली जिल्ला), a part of Sudurpashchim Province in Terai plain, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhangadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 3,235 square km (1,249 sq mi).

Before the reunification of Nepal by Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah, this district was the part of Doti Kingdom. Nepal lost it to the East India Company after the Anglo-Nepalese war (1814-1816) between the then Kingdom of Nepal and the East India Company followed by territorial concessions of Sugauli Treaty. Later on after the treaty of 1860, Nepal recovered this land along with Kanchanpur, Banke and Bardiya.

Administration The district consists of 13 Local Levels, of which one is a sub-metropolitan city, six are urban municipalities and six are rural municipalities. These are as follows: • Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City • Lamki Chuha Municipality • Tikapur Municipality • Ghodaghodi Municipality • Bhajani Municipality • Godawari Municipality • Gauriganga Municipality • Janaki Rural Municipality • Bardagoriya Rural Municipality • Mohanyal Rural Municipality • Kailari Rural Municipality • Joshipur Rural Municipality • Chure Rural Municipality.