Kailash Rural Municipality

Kailash is a Rural municipality located within the Makwanpur District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans 204.48 km2 of area, with a total population of 23,922 according to a 2011 Nepal census.

On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Dandakharka, Kalikatar, Gagane, Bharta Pundyadevi and Namtar VDCs were merged to form Kailash Rural Municipality. Kailash is divided into 10 wards, with Kalikatar declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Kailash Rural Municipality had a population of 23,922. Of these, 67.0% spoke Tamang, 16.2% Nepali, 14.4% Chepang, 1.5% Gurung, 0.4% Magar, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Newar and 0.1% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 67.1% were Tamang, 16.9% Chepang/Praja, 4.6% Chhetri, 2.6% Kami, 2.4% Magar, 2.1% Gurung, 1.4% Hill Brahmin, 0.7% Damai/Dholi, 0.5% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.4% Newar, 0.4% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2% other Dalit, 0.2% Thakuri, 0.1% Yadav and 0.3% others.

In terms of religion, 67.4% were Buddhist, 22.9% Hindu, 7.5% Christian, 2.1% Prakriti and 0.1% others.

In terms of literacy, 50.9% could read and write, 3.7% could only read and 45.3% could neither read nor write.