Rural Municipality · Dolakha District
Kalinchowk
कालिन्चोक गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dolakha District, Bagmati Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0322403
Population
21,097
2021
Households
6,151
20213.43 people each
Area
132 km²
159 per km²
Literacy
72.0%
2021260th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
21,097
National Statistics Office
10,828 women, 10,269 men — 51.3% female. 12.2% of Dolakha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.0%
Population aged 5 and over
4.3 pp below the national figure · 260th of 460.
79.0% of men, 65.4% of women — a 13.6-point gap.
72.0%
Kalinchowk
72.3%
Dolakha
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Kalinchowk 72.0%, Dolakha 72.3%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kalinchowk marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.0%
- Cannot read or write27.5%
- Can read only0.5%
19,402 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,969 | 6,560 | 7,409 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,343 | 3,421 | 1,922 |
| Can read only | 90 | 46 | 44 |
In context
Where Kalinchowk 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 →