Rural Municipality · Dolakha District
Bigu
बिगु गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dolakha District, Bagmati Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0322401
Population
16,490
2021
Households
4,747
20213.47 people each
Area
613 km²
27 per km²
Literacy
68.1%
2021334th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
16,490
National Statistics Office
8,520 women, 7,970 men — 51.7% female. 9.5% of Dolakha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
68.1%
Population aged 5 and over
8.1 pp below the national figure · 334th of 460.
76.0% of men, 60.8% of women — a 15.2-point gap.
68.1%
Bigu
72.3%
Dolakha
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Bigu 68.1%, Dolakha 72.3%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bigu marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write68.1%
- Cannot read or write31.4%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
15,205 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,359 | 4,779 | 5,580 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,777 | 3,044 | 1,733 |
| Can read only | 67 | 37 | 30 |
| Not stated | 2 | 0 | 2 |
In context
Where Bigu sits among the 9 local governments of Dolakha. 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhimeshwor | municipality | 34,712 | 10,164 | 78.1% |
| Kalinchowk | rural municipality | 21,097 | 6,151 | 72.0% |
| Shailung | rural municipality | 17,923 | 5,134 | 69.2% |
| Baiteshwor | rural municipality | 17,896 | 5,373 | 72.8% |
| Bigu | rural municipality | 16,490 | 4,747 | 68.1% |
| Jiri | municipality | 16,109 | 4,244 | 72.4% |
| Gaurishankar | rural municipality | 15,995 | 4,399 | 70.4% |
| Melung | rural municipality | 15,893 | 4,796 | 65.2% |
| Tamakoshi | rural municipality | 15,163 | 4,485 | 74.0% |
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 →