Sayal Rural Municipality

Sayal (सायल) is a Gaupalika in Doti District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal. Sayal has a population of 19551.The land area is 122.72 km2. It was formed by merging Chapali, Toleni and Khatiwada VDCs.

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Sayal Rural Municipality had a population of 19,575. of these, 99.2% spoke Doteli, 0.4% Bajhangi, 0.3% Nepali and 0.2% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 62.7% were Chhetri, 11.5% Kami, 8.3% Damai/Dholi, 7.4% Thakuri, 3.4% Hill Brahmin, 2.7% Sarki, 1.2% Kumal, 0.9% Badi, 0.8% Lohar, 0.4% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.1% Yadav and 0.2% others.

In terms of religion, 100.0% were Hindu.

In terms of literacy, 44.1% could read and write, 5.2% could only read and 50.7% could neither read nor write.