Rural Municipality · Sindhupalchok District
Sunkoshi
सुनकोशी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Sindhupalchok District, Bagmati Province, one of 12 local governments there.NP0323407
Population
15,176
2021
Households
4,451
20213.41 people each
Area
73 km²
208 per km²
Literacy
76.7%
2021151st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
15,176
National Statistics Office
7,865 women, 7,311 men — 51.8% female. 5.8% of Sindhupalchok.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.7%
Population aged 5 and over
0.4 pp above the national figure · 151st of 460.
83.2% of men, 70.6% of women — a 12.6-point gap.
76.7%
Sunkoshi
68.0%
Sindhupalchok
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Sunkoshi 76.7%, Sindhupalchok 68.0%, 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 write76.7%
- Cannot read or write23.2%
- Can read only0.2%
14,305 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,965 | 5,277 | 5,688 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,314 | 2,179 | 1,135 |
| Can read only | 26 | 14 | 12 |
In context
Where Sunkoshi 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 →