Rural Municipality · Dolakha District
Shailung
शैलुङ गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dolakha District, Bagmati Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0322405
Population
17,923
2021
Households
5,134
20213.49 people each
Area
129 km²
139 per km²
Literacy
69.2%
2021312th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
17,923
National Statistics Office
9,339 women, 8,584 men — 52.1% female. 10.4% of Dolakha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
69.2%
Population aged 5 and over
7.0 pp below the national figure · 312th of 460.
78.1% of men, 61.2% of women — a 16.9-point gap.
69.2%
Shailung
72.3%
Dolakha
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Shailung 69.2%, Dolakha 72.3%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Shailung marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write69.2%
- Cannot read or write30.6%
- Can read only0.1%
- Not stated0.0%
16,860 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 11,675 | 5,397 | 6,278 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,167 | 3,412 | 1,755 |
| Can read only | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Not stated | 2 | 0 | 2 |
In context
Where Shailung 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 →