Lamjung District

It has mixed habitation of castes and ethnicities. It is host to probably the highest density of the Gurung ethnic population in the country. Popular Media in Lamjung Includes Mero Lamjung, Radio Chautari, Aantaranga Saptahik, Radio Marsyangdi, Radio Lamjung, etc.

• Type — District • Name — Lamjung District • Native Name — लमजुङ • Map Caption — Location of Lamjung (dark yellow) in Gandaki Province • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Gandaki Province • Parts Type — Municipality • Parts Style — coll • Established Title — Established • Seat Type — Admin HQ. • Seat — Besisahar • Leader Title — Head • Leader Title1 — Deputy-Head • Leader Title2 — Parliamentary constituencies • Leader Title3 — Provincial constituencies • Government Type — Coordination committee • Governing Body — DCC, Lamjung • Area Total Km2 — 1692 • Population Total — 167728 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Custom Label Sec1 — Main Language(s) • Custom Data Sec1 — Nepali, Gurung, Magar, Dura • Custom Label Sec2 — Major highways • Time Zone1 — NPT • Utc Offset1 — +05:45 • Postal Code Type — Postal Codes • Area Code Type — Telephone Code • Area Code — 066 • Mapframe — yes • Mapframe Zoom — 8 • Mapframe Wikidata — yes Lamjung District (Lamjung.ogg), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Besisahar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,692 km2 and As of 2011 had a population of 167,724. lies in the mid-hills of Nepal spanning tropical to trans-Himalayan geo-ecological belts, including the geographical midpoint of the country (i.e., Duipipal). It has mixed habitation of castes and ethnicities. It is host to probably the highest density of the Gurung ethnic population in the country. Popular Media in Lamjung Includes Mero Lamjung, Radio Chautari, Aantaranga Saptahik, Radio Marsyangdi, Radio Lamjung, etc.

• Climate Zone — Elevation Range — % of Area • Upper Tropical — 300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft. — 18.5% • Subtropical — 1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft. — 34.0% • Temperate — 2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft. — 20.3% • Subalpine — 3,000 to 4,000 meters 9,800 to 13,100 ft. — 14.1% • Alpine — 4,000 to 5,000 meters 13,100 to 16,400 ft. — 8.0% • Nival — above 5,000 meters — 3.6% • Trans-Himalayan — 3,000 to 6,400 meters 9,800 to 21,000 ft. — 1.3%

• Illustration — Children in Bhujung, Nepal At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Lamjung District had a population of 155,852. 5.97% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 77.49% and a sex ratio of 1104 females per 1000 males. 104,648 (67.15%) lived in municipalities. Hill Janjati and Khas people are the two largest groups, both making up 47% of the population. Khas Dalits were 19% of the population. The remainder is almost entirely made up of Newars. At the time of the 2021 census, 59.62% of the population spoke Nepali, 27.74% Gurung, 6.71% Tamang, 1.58% Nepal Bhasha and 0.99% Magar as their first language. In 2011, 58.6% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.

• Besisahar Municipality • Dordi Rural Municipality • Dudhpokhari Rural Municipality • Kwhlosothar Rural Municipality • Madhya Nepal Municipality • Marsyandi Rural Municipality • Rainas Municipality • Sundarbazar Municipality

The epicentre of an earthquake on 25 April 2015 was near Lamjung District that is Barpak of Gorkha district. Most of the major damage and casualties took place in nearby Kathmandu, Nepal's capital. The death toll was placed at over 8,800. However, only four deaths were reported in Lamjung District. While Lamjung was the district with the 20th most deaths in Nepal, it was severely damaged. The villages of Bichaur, Ilampokhari, Dudhpokhari, Gauda, Kolki and Pyarjung were the most affected. Assistant Sub Inspector Bir Bahadur Thapa Magar identified the four deaths in Lamjung District as Lakshmi Gurung, 18, of Ilampokhari village; Nepti Tamang, 91, of Gaudu village; Sher Bahadur Tamang, 62, of Gaudu village; and three-and-a-half-month-old Sumit Bika of Gauda village. Twenty-five people were injured in Lamjung District. Local police estimate 2,094 houses were completely destroyed while another 2,129 houses were partially damaged.