At the time of the
2011 Nepal census, Kolhabi Municipality had a population of 44,082. Of these, 50.8% spoke
Tharu, 24.0%
Bhojpuri, 16.5%
Nepali, 4.2%
Maithili, 1.9%
Tamang, 1.0%
Urdu, 0.9%
Newar and 0.5%
Magar as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 59.3% were
Tharu, 8.1%
Hill Brahmin, 5.1%
Musahar, 4.6%
Chhetri, 3.6%
Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 2.4%
Tamang, 2.2%
Musalman, 1.7% Dusadh/
Paswan/Pasi, 1.5%
Teli, 1.4%
Newar, 1.1%
Magar, 1.0%
Mallaha, 0.8% Bin, 0.8%
Kami, 0.7%
Kalwar, 0.6%
Kanu, 0.5%
Hajjam/Thakur, 0.5% Majhi, 0.5% Nuniya, 0.4%
Kushwaha, 0.3%
Terai Brahmin, 0.3%
Damai/Dholi, 0.3% other Terai, 0.3%
Thakuri, 0.2% Kathabaniyan, 0.2% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2%
Sonar, 0.2%
Yadav, 0.1% other
Dalit, 0.1%
Dhanuk, 0.1%
Dhobi, 0.1% Gharti/
Bhujel, 0.1%
Kurmi, 0.1%
Mali, 0.1%
Rai, 0.1%
Thami and 0.1% others. In terms of religion, 95.0% were
Hindu, 2.5%
Buddhist, 2.2%
Muslim, 0.3%
Christian and 0.1% others. In terms of literacy, 57.7% could read and write, 2.2% could only read and 40.0% could neither read nor write. ==References==