Rural Municipality · Kaski District
Rupa
रूपा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Kaski District, Gandaki Province, one of 5 local governments there.NP0439404
Population
14,891
2021
Households
3,663
20214.07 people each
Area
95 km²
157 per km²
Literacy
82.5%
202113th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
14,891
National Statistics Office
7,778 women, 7,113 men — 52.2% female. 2.5% of Kaski.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.5%
Population aged 5 and over
6.2 pp above the national figure · 13th of 460.
90.9% of men, 74.8% of women — a 16.2-point gap.
82.5%
Rupa
87.7%
Kaski
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Rupa 82.5%, Kaski 87.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rupa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.5%
- Cannot read or write16.5%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.4%
13,896 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 11,461 | 5,444 | 6,017 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,286 | 1,738 | 548 |
| Can read only | 100 | 73 | 27 |
| Not stated | 49 | 25 | 24 |
In context
Where Rupa 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 →