Rural Municipality · Nuwakot District
Tarakeshwor
तारकेश्वर गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, one of 14 local governments there.NP0328403
Population
14,184
2021
Households
3,879
20213.66 people each
Area
73 km²
195 per km²
Literacy
65.9%
2021369th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
14,184
National Statistics Office
7,513 women, 6,671 men — 53.0% female. 5.4% of Nuwakot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
65.9%
Population aged 5 and over
10.4 pp below the national figure · 369th of 460.
74.5% of men, 58.3% of women — a 16.2-point gap.
65.9%
Tarakeshwor
69.1%
Nuwakot
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Tarakeshwor 65.9%, Nuwakot 69.1%, 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 write65.9%
- Cannot read or write33.6%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.0%
13,093 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 8,622 | 4,072 | 4,550 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,395 | 2,874 | 1,521 |
| Can read only | 73 | 37 | 36 |
| Not stated | 3 | 0 | 3 |
In context
Where Tarakeshwor 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 →