Municipality · Kathmandu District
Chandragiri
चन्द्रागिरी नगरपालिका
A municipality in Kathmandu District, Bagmati Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0327308
Population
136,860
2021
Households
35,994
20213.80 people each
Area
44 km²
3117 per km²
Literacy
87.3%
202113th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
136,860
National Statistics Office
68,557 women, 68,303 men — 50.1% female. 6.7% of Kathmandu.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
87.3%
Population aged 5 and over
11.0 pp above the national figure · 13th of 276.
93.5% of men, 81.2% of women — a 12.3-point gap.
87.3%
Chandragiri
89.2%
Kathmandu
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Chandragiri 87.3%, Kathmandu 89.2%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Chandragiri marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write87.3%
- Cannot read or write12.0%
- Can read only0.8%
127,959 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 111,666 | 52,295 | 59,371 |
| Cannot read or write | 15,329 | 11,541 | 3,788 |
| Can read only | 964 | 598 | 366 |
In context
Where Chandragiri sits among the 11 local governments of Kathmandu. 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathmandu | metropolitan city | 862,400 | 238,966 | 90.5% |
| Budhanilkhantha | municipality | 177,557 | 46,930 | 89.7% |
| Tarakeshwor | municipality | 151,479 | 41,362 | 87.8% |
| Gokarneshwor | municipality | 149,366 | 39,771 | 85.5% |
| Chandragiri | municipality | 136,860 | 35,994 | 87.3% |
| Tokha | municipality | 133,755 | 37,025 | 91.0% |
| Kageshwori Manahara | municipality | 130,433 | 33,764 | 88.4% |
| Nagarjun | municipality | 115,437 | 31,301 | 89.2% |
| Kirtipur | municipality | 81,578 | 24,150 | 88.8% |
| Shankharapur | municipality | 29,318 | 7,140 | 79.9% |
| Dakshinkali | municipality | 26,372 | 6,489 | 80.0% |
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 →