Punarbas

Punarwas is a Municipality in Kanchanpur District in Sudurpashchim Province of south-western Nepal. The new Municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing 3 Village Development Committees i.e. Parasan, Tribhuwanbasti and Kalika.^[1][2] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 43,996 people living in Punarwas.

Punarwas पुनर्वास
Municipality
Punarbas municipality in Kanchanpur district
Punarwas Location in Nepal Show map of Sudurpashchim Province Punarwas Punarwas (Nepal) Show map of Nepal
Coordinates: 28.75°N 80.33°E / 28.75; 80.33
Country	Nepal
Province	Sudurpashchim
District	Kanchanpur
Government
• Mayor	Toya Prashad Sharma (Nepali Congress)
• Deputy Mayor	Bhuliya Kumari Rana (Nepali Congress)
Population  (2011)
• Total	43,996
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Website	www.punarbasmun.gov.np

Demographics

During the 2011 Nepal census, Punarbas Municipality had a population of 53,672. Of these, 34.0% spoke Nepali, 22.8% Doteli, 19.1% Tharu, 10.9% Tamang, 3.3% Bajureli, 2.1% Bajhangi, 1.8% Magar, 1.7% Achhami, 1.2% Dailekhi, 1.0% Baitadeli, 0.7% Gurung, 0.4% Newar, 0.3% Hindi, 0.1% Bhujel, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Majhi and 0.1% other languages as their first language.^[3]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 24.3% were Chhetri, 19.3% Tharu, 14.1% Kami, 11.5% Tamang, 10.4% Hill Brahmin, 4.5% Thakuri, 3.1% Magar, 2.9% other Dalit, 2.9% Sarki, 2.7% Damai/Dholi, 1.3% Gurung, 0.7% Newar, 0.5% Lohar, 0.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3% Badi, 0.2% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.2% Kumal, 0.2% Majhi, 0.1% Halwai, 0.1% Musalman, 0.1% Rai and 0.2% others.^[4]

In terms of religion, 84.1% were Hindu, 9.5% Christian, 6.0% Buddhist, 0.2% Prakriti, 0.1% Baháʼí and 0.1% Muslim.^[5]

In terms of literacy, 68.0% could read and write, 2.4% could only read and 29.6% could neither read nor write.^[6]