Rural Municipality · Sindhupalchok District
Balephi
बलेफी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Sindhupalchok District, Bagmati Province, one of 12 local governments there.NP0323406
Population
17,085
2021
Households
4,829
20213.54 people each
Area
62 km²
277 per km²
Literacy
72.1%
2021258th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
17,085
National Statistics Office
8,678 women, 8,407 men — 50.8% female. 6.5% of Sindhupalchok.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.1%
Population aged 5 and over
4.2 pp below the national figure · 258th of 460.
80.0% of men, 64.5% of women — a 15.5-point gap.
72.1%
Balephi
68.0%
Sindhupalchok
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Balephi 72.1%, Sindhupalchok 68.0%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Balephi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.1%
- Cannot read or write27.6%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
15,977 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 11,512 | 5,278 | 6,234 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,409 | 2,875 | 1,534 |
| Can read only | 55 | 30 | 25 |
| Not stated | 1 | 0 | 1 |
In context
Where Balephi sits among the 12 local governments of Sindhupalchok. 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. 4 more in the table below.
View all 12 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choutara Sangachowkgadhi | municipality | 42,668 | 11,590 | 69.5% |
| Melamchi | municipality | 41,063 | 11,180 | 69.9% |
| Indrawoti | rural municipality | 25,365 | 6,780 | 69.2% |
| Bahrabise | municipality | 24,109 | 6,655 | 70.8% |
| Panchpokhari Thangpal | rural municipality | 20,997 | 5,914 | 57.7% |
| Jugal | rural municipality | 18,303 | 4,528 | 60.6% |
| Helambu | rural municipality | 17,497 | 4,690 | 63.5% |
| Balephi | rural municipality | 17,085 | 4,829 | 72.1% |
| Sunkoshi | rural municipality | 15,176 | 4,451 | 76.7% |
| Bhotekoshi | rural municipality | 14,318 | 3,732 | 65.4% |
| Tripurasundari | rural municipality | 12,014 | 3,651 | 65.3% |
| Lisankhu Pakhar | rural municipality | 11,750 | 3,697 | 67.4% |
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 →