Janaki Rural Municipality (Banke District)

Janaki Rural Municipality (जानकी गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality in Banke District located in Lumbini Province of Nepal.

The rural municipality was established In 2017 while the Nepalese government restructured 753 new local level units cancelling the old thousands of local level units. The rural municipality was created merging the then five following VDCs: Saigaun, Belbhar, Khajura Khurda, Belahari and Ganapur. A small portion (ward no. 23) of the then Nepalganj (the rural area) was also merged with this new local level unit. Total area of this rural municipality is 63.32 km2 and it is divided into 6 wards. 37,839 individuals live here according to the 2011 Nepal census. 46,536 individual lives here according to the 2021 Nepal census.

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Janaki Rural Municipality had a population of 37,847. Of these, 59.8% spoke Awadhi, 22.5% Urdu, 13.3% Nepali, 2.1% Maithili, 0.6% Magar, 0.4% Doteli, 0.4% Tharu, 0.3% Newar, 0.2% Bhojpuri and 0.4% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 22.3% were Musalman, 8.7% Yadav, 7.3% Kurmi, 7.0% Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 6.8% Chhetri, 6.0% Kanu, 4.0% other Dalit, 2.9% Magar, 2.5% other Terai and 32.5% others.

In terms of religion, 76.4% were Hindu, 22.2% Muslim, 0.7% Christian, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Kirati and 0.2% others.