Rural Municipality · Gorkha District
Shahid Lakhan
शहीद लखन गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0436408
Population
23,076
2021
Households
6,856
20213.37 people each
Area
149 km²
155 per km²
Literacy
71.2%
2021284th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
23,076
National Statistics Office
12,269 women, 10,807 men — 53.2% female. 9.2% of Gorkha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.2%
Population aged 5 and over
5.1 pp below the national figure · 284th of 460.
79.7% of men, 63.8% of women — a 15.9-point gap.
71.2%
Shahid Lakhan
72.4%
Gorkha
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Shahid Lakhan 71.2%, Gorkha 72.4%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Shahid Lakhan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.2%
- Cannot read or write27.1%
- Can read only1.6%
- Not stated0.2%
21,634 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 15,398 | 7,405 | 7,993 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,863 | 3,994 | 1,869 |
| Can read only | 336 | 192 | 144 |
| Not stated | 37 | 18 | 19 |
In context
Where Shahid Lakhan 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 →