Daraun is a village development committee in Syangja District in Gandaki Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 2286 people living in 582 individual households. Daraun is located at western part of the district. This VDC is joined with Arjun Chaupari VDC, Putalibazar municipality and Panchamul VDC.

In Daraun VDC there are nine different caste, they are presented according to Nepal census 2011

Caste/EthnicityTotal Male Female

Chhetree 491 196 295

Brahman - Hill 879 374 505

Gharti/Bhujel 119 63 56

Gurung 57 23 34

Magar 64 22 42

Damai/Dholi 91 37 54

Sarki 248 96 152

Sanyasi/Dashnami 12 4 8

Kami 309 137 172

Others 16 6 10

total 2286 958 1328

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