Municipality · Kavrepalanchok District
Panauti
पनौती नगरपालिका
A municipality in Kavrepalanchok District, Bagmati Province, one of 13 local governments there.NP0324305
Population
51,504
2021
Households
12,806
20214.02 people each
Area
118 km²
436 per km²
Literacy
81.0%
202172nd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
51,504
National Statistics Office
26,489 women, 25,015 men — 51.4% female. 14.1% of Kavrepalanchok.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.0%
Population aged 5 and over
4.8 pp above the national figure · 72nd of 276.
89.9% of men, 72.8% of women — a 17.1-point gap.
81.0%
Panauti
75.7%
Kavrepalanchok
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Panauti 81.0%, Kavrepalanchok 75.7%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Panauti marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.0%
- Cannot read or write18.8%
- Can read only0.2%
48,136 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 39,012 | 18,186 | 20,826 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,045 | 6,742 | 2,303 |
| Can read only | 79 | 52 | 27 |
In context
Where Panauti sits among the 13 local governments of Kavrepalanchok. 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. 5 more in the table below.
View all 13 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banepa | municipality | 67,690 | 16,698 | 84.8% |
| Panauti | municipality | 51,504 | 12,806 | 81.0% |
| Panchkhal | municipality | 35,521 | 9,133 | 75.1% |
| Dhulikhel | municipality | 33,726 | 8,570 | 80.1% |
| Mandan Deupur | municipality | 30,381 | 7,924 | 72.6% |
| Namobuddha | municipality | 26,160 | 7,148 | 71.0% |
| Roshi | rural municipality | 23,790 | 6,075 | 69.5% |
| Temal | rural municipality | 16,957 | 4,869 | 61.2% |
| Mahabharat | rural municipality | 16,079 | 3,174 | 70.3% |
| Bhumlu | rural municipality | 15,678 | 4,518 | 67.0% |
| Bethanchowk | rural municipality | 14,959 | 3,861 | 71.7% |
| Chauri Deurali | rural municipality | 14,076 | 4,156 | 57.8% |
| Khanikhola | rural municipality | 12,201 | 2,398 | 75.2% |
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 →