According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Chichila has an area of 88.63 square kilometres (34.22 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 7065 as of Census of Nepal 2011.
[1] Diding and Matsyapokhari which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body.
[1] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Chichila Rural Municipality had a population of 7,065.
Of these, 29.5% spoke Nepali, 14.6% Gurung, 10.9% Yamphu, 10.7% Lohorung, 9.9% Sherpa, 5.1% Kulung, 4.2% Khaling, 3.9% Thulung, 2.3% Rai, 1.1% Yakkha, 1.0% Bahing, 1.0% Chamling, 1.0% Dumi, 0.9% Mewahang, 0.8% Sampang, 0.6% Tamang, 0.5% Nachhiring, 0.2% Maithili, 0.2% Magar, 0.2% Sanskrit and 1.5% other languages as their first language.
[2] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 25.1% were Rai, 25.0% Gurung, 10.5% Yamphu, 9.9% Sherpa, 7.9% Lohorung, 3.9% Thulung, 3.2% Kami, 2.8% Kulung, 2.3% Chhetri, 1.8% Damai/Dholi, 1.4% Khaling, 1.3% Mewahang Bala, 1.2% Tamang, 1.1% Hill Brahmin, 0.6% Bahing, 0.4% Yakkha, 0.3% Limbu, 0.3% Magar, 0.3% Nachhiring, 0.2% Bhote and 0.7% others.