Municipality · Chitawan District
Khairahani
खैरहनी नगरपालिका
A municipality in Chitawan District, Bagmati Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0335303
Population
67,385
2021
Households
16,395
20214.11 people each
Area
86 km²
788 per km²
Literacy
80.5%
202180th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
67,385
National Statistics Office
35,053 women, 32,332 men — 52.0% female. 9.4% of Chitawan.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.5%
Population aged 5 and over
4.2 pp above the national figure · 80th of 276.
86.6% of men, 74.9% of women — a 11.7-point gap.
80.5%
Khairahani
83.7%
Chitawan
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Khairahani 80.5%, Chitawan 83.7%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Khairahani marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.5%
- Cannot read or write19.3%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
62,597 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 50,374 | 24,604 | 25,770 |
| Cannot read or write | 12,063 | 8,131 | 3,932 |
| Can read only | 159 | 103 | 56 |
| Not stated | 1 | 1 | 0 |
In context
Where Khairahani sits among the 8 local governments of Chitawan. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatpur | metropolitan city | 369,268 | 96,591 | 87.2% |
| Ratnanagar | municipality | 89,905 | 22,403 | 83.1% |
| Khairahani | municipality | 67,385 | 16,395 | 80.5% |
| Rapti | municipality | 66,617 | 15,215 | 77.3% |
| Kalika | municipality | 52,164 | 12,258 | 79.1% |
| Madi | municipality | 38,295 | 10,120 | 78.5% |
| Ichchha Kamana | rural municipality | 27,643 | 6,185 | 74.2% |
| Chitawan | protected_area | — | — | — |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →