The Magar, also spelled Mangar and Mongar, are Magar language speaking ethnolinguistic group native to Nepal, representing 6.9% of Nepal's total population according to the 2021 Nepal census.They are one of the main Gurkha tribes.

Gulmi District, a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,149 km2 (444 sq mi), had a population of 296,654 in 2001, 280,160 in 2011 and 268,597 in 2016.