Municipality in Karnali Province, Nepal
Place in Karnali, Nepal
Musikot (Nepali : मुसिकोट ) is a municipality and the district headquarter of Western Rukum District in Karnali Province of Nepal that was established as Musikot Khalanga on 2 December 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Musikot and Khalanga .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Musikot Khalanga and until 2017 served as the district headquarter of Rukum District . It lies on the bank of Sani Bheri River . It borders with Eastern Rukum in the east, Sanibheri rural municipality in the west, Banfikot rural municipality in the north and Tribeni rural municipality and Rolpa district in the south.[ 4]
Once a red fort of CPN (Maoist Centre) , Musikot is now ruled by Nepali Congress since the year 2022 and Maoists have finally lost both mayoral and deputy mayoral post.[ 5] [importance?
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census , Musikot Municipality had a population of 33,882. Of these, 98.9% spoke Nepali , 0.5% Magar-Kham , 0.4% Magar and 0.1% other languages as their first language.[ 6]
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 57.8% were Chhetri , 18.4% Magar , 10.9% Kami , 3.9% Damai /Dholi, 3.0% Thakuri , 2.9% Hill Brahmin , 1.7% Sarki , 0.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3% Badi , 0.2% Newar , 0.1% other Dalit , 0.1% Kumal , 0.1% Musalman , 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Thakali , 0.1% Tharu and 0.1% others.[ 7]
In terms of religion, 98.4% were Hindu , 1.3% Christian , 0.1% Buddhist , 0.1% Muslim , 0.1% Prakriti and 0.1% others.[ 8]
In terms of literacy, 71.9% could read and write, 2.0% could only read and 26.1% could neither read nor write.[ 9]
To Promote local culture Musikot has one FM radio station, Radio Sani Bheri F.M. - 89.2 MHz,[ 10] Community radio Station.
Transportation
Rukum Salle Airport lies in Old-Musikot offering flights to Nepalgunj and Kathmandu .[ 11] Rapti Highway links Musikot to the Terai region of Nepal.
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