Buddhashanti () is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in Jhapa District of Koshi Province of Nepal. There are a total of 15 municipalities in Jhapa in which 8 are urban and 7 are rural.
Buddhashanti,
according to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development  has an area of  and the total population of the municipality is 41,615 as of Census of Nepal 2011.

Budhabare and Shantinagar which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).

The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Budhabare.

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Buddhashanti Rural Municipality had a population of 41,624. Of these, 72.9% spoke Nepali, 10.9% Limbu, 2.9% Rai, 2.3% Tamang, 1.8% Dhimal, 1.5% Magar, 1.3% Newar, 0.8% Maithili, 0.8% Tharu, 0.7% Rajbanshi, 0.4% Bantawa, 0.3% Bhojpuri, 0.3% Chamling, 0.3% Sherpa, 0.2% Danwar, 0.2% Gurung, 0.2% Kisan, 0.2% Kulung, 0.2% Lepcha, 0.2% Urdu, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Khaling, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Sunwar and 0.4% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 34.8% were Hill Brahmin, 13.1% Limbu, 11.4% Chhetri, 6.9% Rai, 6.2% Kami, 3.9% Newar, 3.7% Tamang, 3.3% Magar, 2.5% Damai/Dholi, 2.1% Dhimal, 1.1% Rajbanshi, 1.0% Tharu, 0.9% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.8% Sarki, 0.8% Sunuwar, 0.7% Gurung, 0.7% Kumal, 0.6% other Dalit, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Terai Brahmin, 0.4% Musalman, 0.4% Sherpa, 0.3% Danuwar, 0.3% Teli, 0.2% Kisan, 0.2% Kulung, 0.2% Lepcha, 0.2% Majhi, 0.2% Pattharkatta/Kushwadiya, 0.2% other Terai, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Chamling, 0.1% Hajjam/Thakur, 0.1% Halwai, 0.1% Khawas, 0.1% Musahar, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.9% others.

In terms of religion, 75.8% were Hindu, 13.8% Kirati, 6.1% Buddhist, 2.5% Christian, 0.6% Prakriti, 0.5% Muslim and 0.7% others.

In terms of literacy, 77.4% could read and write, 2.3% could only read and 20.3% could neither read nor write.

References

External links
 Official website
 Final District 1-75 Corrected Last for RAJPATRA

Rural municipalities in Koshi Province
Populated places in Jhapa District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
Rural municipalities in Jhapa District