Rural Municipality · Dolakha District
Melung
मेलुङ्ग गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dolakha District, Bagmati Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0322406
Population
15,893
2021
Households
4,796
20213.31 people each
Area
86 km²
184 per km²
Literacy
65.2%
2021376th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
15,893
National Statistics Office
8,437 women, 7,456 men — 53.1% female. 9.2% of Dolakha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
65.2%
Population aged 5 and over
11.1 pp below the national figure · 376th of 460.
75.7% of men, 56.1% of women — a 19.6-point gap.
65.2%
Melung
72.3%
Dolakha
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Melung 65.2%, Dolakha 72.3%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Melung marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write65.2%
- Cannot read or write34.7%
- Can read only0.1%
14,973 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 9,758 | 4,497 | 5,261 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,196 | 3,507 | 1,689 |
| Can read only | 19 | 15 | 4 |
In context
Where Melung 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 →