Rural Municipality · Nuwakot District
Likhu
लिखु गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, one of 14 local governments there.NP0328406
Population
17,728
2021
Households
4,582
20213.87 people each
Area
48 km²
370 per km²
Literacy
71.6%
2021273rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
17,728
National Statistics Office
9,141 women, 8,587 men — 51.6% female. 6.7% of Nuwakot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.6%
Population aged 5 and over
4.6 pp below the national figure · 273rd of 460.
81.5% of men, 62.5% of women — a 19.0-point gap.
71.6%
Likhu
69.1%
Nuwakot
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Likhu 71.6%, Nuwakot 69.1%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Likhu marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.6%
- Cannot read or write28.2%
- Can read only0.2%
16,504 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 11,817 | 5,365 | 6,452 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,659 | 3,201 | 1,458 |
| Can read only | 28 | 20 | 8 |
In context
Where Likhu 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 →