Tehrathum District

Tehrathum District

तेह्रथुम
Tehrathum District तेह्रथुम
District
	Landscape of Tehrathum
	District location of Tehrathum in Koshi Province
Country	Nepal
Province	Koshi Province
Admin HQ.	Myanglung
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Tehrathum
Area
• Total	679 km2 (262 sq mi)
Population
• Total	88,731
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Telephone Code	0092
Website	ddctehrathum.gov.np

Tehrathum District (Nepali: तेह्रथुम जिल्ला pronounced [teɾʌtʰum] ^ⓘ), is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of Nepal.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1981	92,454	—
1991	102,870	+1.07%
2001	113,111	+0.95%
2011	101,577	−1.07%
2022	88,731	−1.22%
Sources:^[1]

In 2021, Terhathum district had a population of 88,731. Tehrathum had a literacy rate of 81.9% and a sex ratio of 1036 females per 1000 males. 34,079 (38.41%) lived in urban municipalities.^[2]

Ethnicity/caste of Tehrathum district (2021)^[3]

Limbu (36.40%)

Chhetri (19.41%)

Bahun (11.11%)

Tamang (6.91%)

Kami (4.32%)

Damai (3.44%)

Gurung (3.26%)

Newar (2.84%)

Magar (2.78%)

Rai (1.70%)

Sherpa (1.58%)

Sarki (1.50%)

Bhujel (1.36%)

Other Hill Janjati (2.19%)

Others (1.10%)

Ethnicity/caste: 36.40% were Limbu, 19.41% Chhetri, 11.11% Hill Brahmin, 6.91% Tamang, 4.32% Kami, 3.44% Damai/Dholi, 3.26% Gurung, 2.84% Newar, 2.78% Magar, 1.80% Rai, 1.58% Sherpa, 1.50% Sarki and 1.36% Gharti/Bhujel.^[3]

Religion in Tehrathum District (2021)^[4]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			50.96%
Kirat Mundhum			33.20%
Buddhism			13.51%
Christianity			2.08%
Others			0.25%

Religion: 50.96% were Hindu, 33.20% Kirati, 13.51% Buddhist, 2.08% Christian, and 0.25% others.^[4]

Languages of Tehrathum district (2021)

Nepali (50.64%)

Limbu (33.96%)

Tamang (6.26%)

Magar (2.50%)

Gurung (1.36%)

Sherpa (1.25%)

Newar (1.06%)

Others (2.97%)

As their first language in 2021, 50.64% of the population spoke Nepali, 33.96% Limbu, 6.26% Tamang, 2.50% Magar, 1.36% Gurung, 1.25% Sherpa and 1.06% Newar.^[5] In 2011, 49.84% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.^[6]

Geographics

Climate Zone^[7]	Elevation Range	% of Area
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	24.0%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	56.4%
Temperate	2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft.	19.5%

Division

Tehrathum District consists of the following six subdivisions:^[8]

Local body	Nepali	Type	Population (2011)
Aathrai	आठराई	Rural municipality	18,156
Chhathar	छथर	Rural municipality	14,197
Laligurans	लालीगुराँस	Municipality	15,329
Menchhayayem	मेन्छयायेम	Rural municipality	6,678
Myanglung	म्याङलुङ	Municipality	18,750
Phedap	फेदाप	Rural municipality	15,169