Rural Municipality · Ramechhap District
Gokulganga
गोकुलगङ्गा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Ramechhap District, Bagmati Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0321403
Population
17,798
2021
Households
4,683
20213.80 people each
Area
198 km²
90 per km²
Literacy
71.6%
2021272nd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
17,798
National Statistics Office
9,245 women, 8,553 men — 51.9% female. 10.5% of Ramechhap.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.6%
Population aged 5 and over
4.6 pp below the national figure · 272nd of 460.
80.0% of men, 63.9% of women — a 16.1-point gap.
71.6%
Gokulganga
68.1%
Ramechhap
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Gokulganga 71.6%, Ramechhap 68.1%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gokulganga 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 write28.0%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
16,373 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 11,729 | 5,448 | 6,281 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,580 | 3,036 | 1,544 |
| Can read only | 63 | 40 | 23 |
| Not stated | 1 | 1 | 0 |
In context
Where Gokulganga sits among the 8 local governments of Ramechhap. 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manthali | municipality | 39,695 | 10,991 | 71.5% |
| Ramechhap | municipality | 24,971 | 6,627 | 68.4% |
| Khandadevi | rural municipality | 19,312 | 5,501 | 62.2% |
| Likhu Tamakoshi | rural municipality | 18,325 | 5,296 | 70.2% |
| Gokulganga | rural municipality | 17,798 | 4,683 | 71.6% |
| Doramba | rural municipality | 17,686 | 5,062 | 58.6% |
| Umakunda | rural municipality | 16,590 | 4,113 | 74.2% |
| Sunapati | rural municipality | 14,658 | 4,193 | 61.9% |
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 →