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Rural Municipality · Ramechhap District

Umakunda

उमाकुण्ड गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Ramechhap District, Bagmati Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0321404

Population

16,590

2021

Households

4,113

20214.03 people each

Area

451 km²

37 per km²

Literacy

74.2%

2021207th of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

16,590

National Statistics Office

8,427 women, 8,163 men — 50.8% female. 9.7% of Ramechhap.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

74.2%

Population aged 5 and over

2.0 pp below the national figure · 207th of 460.

82.6% of men, 66.1% of women — a 16.5-point gap.

74.2%

Umakunda

68.1%

Ramechhap

82.1%

Bagmati

76.2%

Nepal

Umakunda 74.2%, Ramechhap 68.1%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Umakunda marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write74.2%
  • Cannot read or write25.0%
  • Can read only0.7%
  • Not stated0.0%

15,455 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write11,4745,2026,272
Cannot read or write3,8672,5881,279
Can read only1097237
Not stated532

In context

All places

Where Umakunda sits among the 8 local governments of Ramechhap. By population, 2021 census.

Ramechhap by local government
14,658Population · 39,695

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
Ramechhap by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Manthalimunicipality39,69510,99171.5%
Ramechhapmunicipality24,9716,62768.4%
Khandadevirural municipality19,3125,50162.2%
Likhu Tamakoshirural municipality18,3255,29670.2%
Gokulgangarural municipality17,7984,68371.6%
Dorambarural municipality17,6865,06258.6%
Umakundarural municipality16,5904,11374.2%
Sunapatirural municipality14,6584,19361.9%

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 →