Municipality · Kathmandu District
Tarakeshwor
तारकेश्वर नगरपालिका
A municipality in Kathmandu District, Bagmati Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0327301
Population
151,479
2021
Households
41,362
20213.66 people each
Area
35 km²
4335 per km²
Literacy
87.8%
202112th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
151,479
National Statistics Office
76,198 women, 75,281 men — 50.3% female. 7.4% of Kathmandu.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
87.8%
Population aged 5 and over
11.6 pp above the national figure · 12th of 276.
93.4% of men, 82.4% of women — a 11.1-point gap.
87.8%
Tarakeshwor
89.2%
Kathmandu
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Tarakeshwor 87.8%, Kathmandu 89.2%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Tarakeshwor marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write87.8%
- Cannot read or write11.7%
- Can read only0.5%
141,376 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 124,179 | 59,040 | 65,139 |
| Cannot read or write | 16,500 | 12,192 | 4,308 |
| Can read only | 697 | 430 | 267 |
In context
Where Tarakeshwor 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 →