Rural Municipality · Makwanpur District
Bakaiya
बकैया गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Makwanpur District, Bagmati Province, one of 12 local governments there.NP0331407
Population
40,907
2021
Households
8,913
20214.59 people each
Area
394 km²
104 per km²
Literacy
69.0%
2021317th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
40,907
National Statistics Office
20,849 women, 20,058 men — 51.0% female. 8.8% of Makwanpur.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
69.0%
Population aged 5 and over
7.2 pp below the national figure · 317th of 460.
74.9% of men, 63.4% of women — a 11.5-point gap.
69.0%
Bakaiya
77.8%
Makwanpur
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Bakaiya 69.0%, Makwanpur 77.8%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bakaiya marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write69.0%
- Cannot read or write30.8%
- Can read only0.2%
37,381 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 25,806 | 12,085 | 13,721 |
| Cannot read or write | 11,503 | 6,934 | 4,569 |
| Can read only | 72 | 49 | 23 |
In context
Where Bakaiya sits among the 12 local governments of Makwanpur. 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. 4 more in the table below.
View all 12 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetauda | sub-metropolitan city | 193,576 | 46,566 | 84.0% |
| Manahari | rural municipality | 47,353 | 10,724 | 77.7% |
| Bakaiya | rural municipality | 40,907 | 8,913 | 69.0% |
| Thaha | municipality | 38,870 | 9,749 | 74.1% |
| Bagmati | rural municipality | 30,425 | 6,460 | 68.9% |
| Raksirang | rural municipality | 25,996 | 5,044 | 70.2% |
| Makawanpurgadhi | rural municipality | 24,461 | 5,285 | 77.7% |
| Kailash | rural municipality | 21,856 | 4,391 | 67.8% |
| Bhimphedi | rural municipality | 21,516 | 5,085 | 75.3% |
| Indrasarowar | rural municipality | 13,534 | 3,403 | 71.4% |
| Parsa | protected_area | — | — | — |
| Chitawan | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →