Kaski District

Kaski District politically has One Metropolitan City, 4 Gaupalika and 3 electoral sectors.

The district is full of rivers such as Seti Gandaki, Modi and Madi along with other rivulets.

The district is the common place of different castes such as Magars, Gurung, Brahmin, Chhetri, Newar, Thakali, kumal and many more.

As their first language, 78.5% spoke Nepali, 12.0% Gurung, 2.2% Magar, 2.2% Newari, 1.5% Tamang, 0.7% Bhojpuri, 0.5% Hindi, 0.5% Maithili, 0.4% Urdu, 0.2% Kham, 0.2% Rai, 0.2% Thakali, 0.2% Tharu, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Bhujel, 0.1% Chantyal and 0.1% other languages.

[14] Ethnicity/caste: 27.9% were Hill Brahmin, 16.7% Gurung, 14.4% Chhetri, 8.6% Magar, 8.0% Kami, 4.9% Newar, 3.7% Damai/Dholi, 2.7% Tamang, 2.5% Sarki, 1.4% Gharti/Bhujel, 1.4% Thakuri, 0.9% Musalman, 0.8% Badi, 0.8% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% Rai, 0.5% Kumal, 0.5% Thakali, 0.5% Tharu, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.2% Chhantyal, 0.2% Kalwar, 0.2% Sonar, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Dura, 0.1% Gaine, 0.1% Hajam/Thakur, 0.1% Halwai, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Koiri/Kushwaha, 0.1% Limbu, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Sherpa, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Yadav, 0.1% foreigners and 0.1% others.

[15] Religion: 82.3% were Hindu, 13.5% Buddhist, 2.1% Christian, 0.9% Muslim, 0.6% Bon, 0.1% Kirati, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.3% others.

Kaski District Administrative office
Simpali, a village in Annapurna Rural Municipality circa 1990 AD