Rural Municipality · Nuwakot District
Kakani
ककनी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, one of 14 local governments there.NP0328409
Population
24,504
2021
Households
6,312
20213.88 people each
Area
88 km²
279 per km²
Literacy
69.3%
2021311th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
24,504
National Statistics Office
12,417 women, 12,087 men — 50.7% female. 9.3% of Nuwakot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
69.3%
Population aged 5 and over
7.0 pp below the national figure · 311th of 460.
78.3% of men, 60.7% of women — a 17.6-point gap.
69.3%
Kakani
69.1%
Nuwakot
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Kakani 69.3%, Nuwakot 69.1%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kakani marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write69.3%
- Cannot read or write30.3%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
22,634 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 15,683 | 7,001 | 8,682 |
| Cannot read or write | 6,849 | 4,479 | 2,370 |
| Can read only | 99 | 59 | 40 |
| Not stated | 3 | 2 | 1 |
In context
Where Kakani sits among the 14 local governments of Nuwakot. 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. 6 more in the table below.
View all 14 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidur | municipality | 59,227 | 15,234 | 77.1% |
| Belkotgadhi | municipality | 35,224 | 9,222 | 69.0% |
| Kakani | rural municipality | 24,504 | 6,312 | 69.3% |
| Dupcheshwor | rural municipality | 21,005 | 5,141 | 62.7% |
| Likhu | rural municipality | 17,728 | 4,582 | 71.6% |
| Shivapuri | rural municipality | 17,203 | 4,925 | 62.0% |
| Tadi | rural municipality | 15,933 | 4,024 | 60.9% |
| Suryagadhi | rural municipality | 14,919 | 3,829 | 66.5% |
| Kispang | rural municipality | 14,235 | 3,929 | 66.0% |
| Tarakeshwor | rural municipality | 14,184 | 3,879 | 65.9% |
| Panchakanya | rural municipality | 13,818 | 3,600 | 68.7% |
| Myagang | rural municipality | 12,668 | 3,969 | 61.7% |
| Shivapuri | protected_area | — | — | — |
| Langtang | 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 →