Rural Municipality · Sindhuli District
Sunkoshi
सुनकोशी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Sindhuli District, Bagmati Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0320404
Population
18,375
2021
Households
4,987
20213.68 people each
Area
155 km²
119 per km²
Literacy
70.7%
2021151st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
18,375
National Statistics Office
9,541 women, 8,834 men — 51.9% female. 6.1% of Sindhuli.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
70.7%
Population aged 5 and over
5.5 pp below the national figure · 151st of 460.
80.2% of men, 62.0% of women — a 18.2-point gap.
70.7%
Sunkoshi
72.6%
Sindhuli
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Sunkoshi 70.7%, Sindhuli 72.6%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sunkoshi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write70.7%
- Cannot read or write28.8%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
17,197 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 12,160 | 5,567 | 6,593 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,945 | 3,344 | 1,601 |
| Can read only | 91 | 67 | 24 |
| Not stated | 1 | 0 | 1 |
In context
Where Sunkoshi sits among the 9 local governments of Sindhuli. 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamalamai | municipality | 71,016 | 18,135 | 77.8% |
| Dudhouli | municipality | 70,207 | 16,110 | 70.7% |
| Tinpatan | rural municipality | 34,889 | 7,918 | 71.7% |
| Marin | rural municipality | 28,808 | 6,044 | 68.3% |
| Hariharpurgaghi | rural municipality | 26,505 | 5,292 | 67.4% |
| Golanjor | rural municipality | 18,737 | 4,527 | 71.7% |
| Sunkoshi | rural municipality | 18,375 | 4,987 | 70.7% |
| Phikkal | rural municipality | 15,910 | 3,436 | 75.2% |
| Ghyanglekha | rural municipality | 12,652 | 2,868 | 71.0% |
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 →