Rural Municipality · Dhading District
Jwalamukhi
ज्वालामुखी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dhading District, Bagmati Province, one of 13 local governments there.NP0330406
Population
21,338
2021
Households
6,079
20213.51 people each
Area
113 km²
189 per km²
Literacy
67.3%
2021347th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
21,338
National Statistics Office
11,356 women, 9,982 men — 53.2% female. 6.6% of Dhading.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
67.3%
Population aged 5 and over
9.0 pp below the national figure · 347th of 460.
74.9% of men, 60.6% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
67.3%
Jwalamukhi
72.4%
Dhading
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Jwalamukhi 67.3%, Dhading 72.4%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Jwalamukhi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write67.3%
- Cannot read or write32.5%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
19,848 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,350 | 6,458 | 6,892 |
| Cannot read or write | 6,450 | 4,165 | 2,285 |
| Can read only | 45 | 28 | 17 |
| Not stated | 3 | 1 | 2 |
In context
Where Jwalamukhi sits among the 13 local governments of Dhading. 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. 5 more in the table below.
View all 13 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nilkhantha | municipality | 58,828 | 16,391 | 75.8% |
| Benighat Rorang | rural municipality | 33,854 | 7,601 | 74.4% |
| Thakre | rural municipality | 32,374 | 7,847 | 74.3% |
| Dhunibenshi | municipality | 29,149 | 7,246 | 75.4% |
| Gajuri | rural municipality | 28,634 | 6,839 | 72.9% |
| Galchhi | rural municipality | 23,733 | 5,975 | 73.0% |
| Siddhalek | rural municipality | 22,214 | 5,836 | 71.9% |
| Tripurasundari | rural municipality | 21,937 | 5,947 | 74.1% |
| Jwalamukhi | rural municipality | 21,338 | 6,079 | 67.3% |
| Ganga Jamuna | rural municipality | 19,265 | 5,264 | 67.8% |
| Netrawati Dabjong | rural municipality | 11,310 | 3,263 | 67.6% |
| Rubi Valley | rural municipality | 10,781 | 2,649 | 58.7% |
| Khaniyabas | rural municipality | 10,287 | 2,685 | 59.6% |
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 →