At the time of the
2011 Nepal census, Jorayal Rural Municipality had a population of 21,296. Of these, 72.7% spoke
Doteli, 19.7%
Nepali, 4.7%
Magar, 1.7%
Kham, 0.5%
Sherpa, 0.3% Achhami, 0.1%
Gurung and 0.3% others. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 57.3% were
Chhetri, 12.7%
Magar, 10.2%
Kami, 8.4%
Hill Brahmin, 4.1%
Sarki, 2.3%
Thakuri, 1.4%
Damai/Dholi, 0.9%
Badi, 0.5%
Newar, 0.4%
Bhote, 0.3% other
Dalit, 0.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2%
Rai, 0.2%
Tamang, 0.2%
Gurung, 0.1%
Lohar, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Dura, 0.1%
Limbu and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 96.7% were
Hindu, 2.8%
Buddhist, 0.4%
Christian and 0.1%
Prakriti. In terms of literacy, 69.3% could read and write, 2.6% could only read 28.0% could neither read nor write. ==References==