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Rural Municipality · Gorkha District

Ajirkot

अजिरकोट गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0436402

Population

12,832

2021

Households

3,622

20213.54 people each

Area

198 km²

65 per km²

Literacy

72.4%

2021250th of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

12,832

National Statistics Office

6,621 women, 6,211 men — 51.6% female. 5.1% of Gorkha.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

72.4%

Population aged 5 and over

3.8 pp below the national figure · 250th of 460.

80.8% of men, 64.7% of women — a 16.2-point gap.

72.4%

Ajirkot

72.4%

Gorkha

81.7%

Gandaki

76.2%

Nepal

Ajirkot 72.4%, Gorkha 72.4%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Ajirkot marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write72.4%
  • Cannot read or write27.1%
  • Can read only0.3%
  • Not stated0.1%

12,085 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 write8,7554,0474,708
Cannot read or write3,2802,1821,098
Can read only412417
Not stated963

In context

All places

Where Ajirkot sits among the 11 local governments of Gorkha. By population, 2021 census.

Gorkha by local government
5,932Population · 52,468

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
Gorkha by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Gorkhamunicipality52,46814,98880.8%
Palungtarmunicipality37,40911,07275.4%
Shahid Lakhanrural municipality23,0766,85671.2%
Barpak Sulikotrural municipality22,6366,28369.2%
Aarughatrural municipality21,5726,17668.5%
Gandakirural municipality21,3945,65972.1%
Siranchowkrural municipality19,7195,95871.4%
Bhimsenthaparural municipality16,9865,23967.4%
Dharcherural municipality14,2633,80862.5%
Ajirkotrural municipality12,8323,62272.4%
Chumanubrirural municipality5,9322,06839.2%

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 →