title: Chaurpati Rural Municipality
text: # Chaurpati Rural Municipality
  
  Chaurpati (Nepali: चौरपाटी ) is a Gaupalika(Nepali: गाउपालिका ; gaupalika) in Achham District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal.
  
  Chaurpati has a population of 25149.The land area is 182.16 $km^2.$
  
  It was formed by merging Siudi, Sokot, Payal, Lunnga, Marku and Duni VDSs. Currently, it is divided into 7 administrative wards.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Chaurpati Rural Municipality had a population of 25,215. Of these, 96.7% spoke Achhami, 1.9% Nepali, 1.1% Doteli, 0.1% Magar, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Santali and 0.1% other languages as their first language.
  
  In terms of ethnicity/caste, 62.4% were Chhetri, 21.5% other Dalit, 6.9% Kami, 4.5% Hill Brahmin, 2.1% Thakuri, 1.5% Damai/Dholi, 0.5% Badi, 0.3% Lohar, 0.1% Kalwar, 0.1% Magar, 0.1% Tamang and 0.2% others.
  
  In terms of religion, 99.8% were Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist and 0.1% Christian.
  
  In terms of literacy, 50.2% could read and write, 4.5% could only read and 45.3% could neither read nor write.
  
  