Chumanuwri Rural Municipality

Tsum Nubri Rural Municipality (चुमनुव्री गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality ( Gaunpalika ) situated at the borderline of nepal and china in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. It is divided into 7 wards.

On 10 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local level administrative structure merging the former VDCs. Chumanuwri is one of these 753 local units.

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Chumanuwri Rural Municipality had a population of 7,417. Of these, 54.7% spoke Tamang, 33.7% Gurung, 6.7% Yolmo, 3.5% Nepali, 0.3% Sign language and 0.8% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 55.4% were Tamang, 39.5% Gurung, 1.7% Hill Brahmin, 1.3% Ghale, 0.7% Kami, 0.6% Chhetri, 0.3% Thakuri and 0.6% others. A unique ethnic group of people called Tsumbas are the residents of Tsum Valley. This ethnic group lives beyond Ekle Bhatti, in the villages of Chumling and Nile.

In terms of religion, 93.2% were Buddhist, 4.0% Hindu, 2.4% Christian and 0.3% others.

In terms of literacy, 33.6% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write and 62.2% could neither read nor write.