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'''Thasang Rural Municipality''' ({{Langx|ne|थासाङ गाउँपालिका|translit=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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=थासाङ गाउँपालिका, गाउँ कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय {{!}} गण्डकी प्रदेश, मुस्ताङ, नेपाल|url=http://thasangmun.gov.np/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=thasangmun.gov.np}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Collegenp|title=Thasang Rural Municipality {{!}} Collegenp|url=https://www.collegenp.com/institute/thasang-rural-municipality/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=www.collegenp.com|language=English}}</ref>
==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.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=local-42005&geo_ids=local-42005,district-45,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Language]</ref>
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.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=local-42005&geo_ids=local-42005,district-45,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Caste]</ref>
In terms of religion, 63.0% were Hindu, 34.5% Buddhist, 1.7% Christian, 0.2% Kirati, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.5% others.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=local-42005&geo_ids=local-42005,district-45,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Religion]</ref>
In terms of literacy, 72.8% could read and write, 2.4% could only read and 24.7% could neither read nor write.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=local-42005&geo_ids=local-42005,district-45,province-4,country-NP NepalMap Literacy]</ref>
== References == <references /> {{Mustang District}}
Category:Mustang District Category:Gandaki Province Category:Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 Category:Rural municipalities in Mustang District
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