Municipality · Gorkha District
Palungtar
पालुङ्गटार नगरपालिका
A municipality in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0436301
Population
37,409
2021
Households
11,072
20213.38 people each
Area
159 km²
236 per km²
Literacy
75.4%
2021150th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
37,409
National Statistics Office
20,147 women, 17,262 men — 53.9% female. 14.9% of Gorkha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
75.4%
Population aged 5 and over
0.8 pp below the national figure · 150th of 276.
83.5% of men, 68.5% of women — a 15.0-point gap.
75.4%
Palungtar
72.4%
Gorkha
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Palungtar 75.4%, Gorkha 72.4%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Palungtar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write75.4%
- Cannot read or write23.1%
- Can read only1.4%
- Not stated0.0%
35,009 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 26,400 | 13,000 | 13,400 |
| Cannot read or write | 8,099 | 5,619 | 2,480 |
| Can read only | 498 | 341 | 157 |
| Not stated | 12 | 9 | 3 |
In context
Where Palungtar 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 →