Rural Municipality · Kaski District
Machhapuchchhre
माछापुच्छ्र्े गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Kaski District, Gandaki Province, one of 5 local governments there.NP0439402
Population
22,898
2021
Households
6,151
20213.72 people each
Area
545 km²
42 per km²
Literacy
80.3%
202158th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
22,898
National Statistics Office
11,725 women, 11,173 men — 51.2% female. 3.8% of Kaski.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.3%
Population aged 5 and over
4.0 pp above the national figure · 58th of 460.
86.9% of men, 74.1% of women — a 12.8-point gap.
80.3%
Machhapuchchhre
87.7%
Kaski
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Machhapuchchhre 80.3%, Kaski 87.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Machhapuchchhre marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.3%
- Cannot read or write17.5%
- Can read only1.9%
- Not stated0.3%
21,388 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 17,166 | 8,174 | 8,992 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,746 | 2,540 | 1,206 |
| Can read only | 407 | 285 | 122 |
| Not stated | 69 | 36 | 33 |
In context
Where Machhapuchchhre sits among the 5 local governments of Kaski. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
76.1%–90.1%
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.
View all 5 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokhara | metropolitan city | 513,504 | 140,459 | 88.7% |
| Machhapuchchhre | rural municipality | 22,898 | 6,151 | 80.3% |
| Annapurna | rural municipality | 22,099 | 6,049 | 79.2% |
| Madi | rural municipality | 16,142 | 4,094 | 77.4% |
| Rupa | rural municipality | 14,891 | 3,663 | 82.5% |
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 →