Rural Municipality · Gorkha District
Aarughat
आरुघाट गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0436406
Population
21,572
2021
Households
6,176
20213.49 people each
Area
161 km²
134 per km²
Literacy
68.5%
2021328th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
21,572
National Statistics Office
11,427 women, 10,145 men — 53.0% female. 8.6% of Gorkha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
68.5%
Population aged 5 and over
7.8 pp below the national figure · 328th of 460.
76.1% of men, 61.8% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
68.5%
Aarughat
72.4%
Gorkha
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Aarughat 68.5%, Gorkha 72.4%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Aarughat marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write68.5%
- Cannot read or write30.6%
- Can read only0.9%
- Not stated0.1%
19,987 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,682 | 6,610 | 7,072 |
| Cannot read or write | 6,116 | 3,970 | 2,146 |
| Can read only | 174 | 107 | 67 |
| Not stated | 15 | 7 | 8 |
In context
Where Aarughat sits among the 11 local governments of Gorkha. 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorkha | municipality | 52,468 | 14,988 | 80.8% |
| Palungtar | municipality | 37,409 | 11,072 | 75.4% |
| Shahid Lakhan | rural municipality | 23,076 | 6,856 | 71.2% |
| Barpak Sulikot | rural municipality | 22,636 | 6,283 | 69.2% |
| Aarughat | rural municipality | 21,572 | 6,176 | 68.5% |
| Gandaki | rural municipality | 21,394 | 5,659 | 72.1% |
| Siranchowk | rural municipality | 19,719 | 5,958 | 71.4% |
| Bhimsenthapa | rural municipality | 16,986 | 5,239 | 67.4% |
| Dharche | rural municipality | 14,263 | 3,808 | 62.5% |
| Ajirkot | rural municipality | 12,832 | 3,622 | 72.4% |
| Chumanubri | rural municipality | 5,932 | 2,068 | 39.2% |
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 →