Rural Municipality · Lamjung District
Kwhola Sothar
क्ब्होलासोथार गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Lamjung District, Gandaki Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0437401
Population
7,960
2021
Households
2,276
20213.50 people each
Area
175 km²
45 per km²
Literacy
67.6%
2021341st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
7,960
National Statistics Office
4,119 women, 3,841 men — 51.7% female. 5.1% of Lamjung.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
67.6%
Population aged 5 and over
8.6 pp below the national figure · 341st of 460.
77.1% of men, 58.8% of women — a 18.3-point gap.
67.6%
Kwhola Sothar
77.5%
Lamjung
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Kwhola Sothar 67.6%, Lamjung 77.5%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kwhola Sothar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write67.6%
- Cannot read or write31.8%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
7,452 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 5,041 | 2,267 | 2,774 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,368 | 1,568 | 800 |
| Can read only | 33 | 17 | 16 |
| Not stated | 10 | 4 | 6 |
In context
Where Kwhola Sothar sits among the 8 local governments of Lamjung. 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bensishahar | municipality | 38,232 | 11,038 | 81.1% |
| Sundarbazar | municipality | 27,043 | 7,829 | 81.4% |
| Madhya Nepal | municipality | 21,971 | 6,427 | 78.9% |
| Rainas | municipality | 17,402 | 4,961 | 76.1% |
| Marshyangdi | rural municipality | 17,080 | 4,550 | 72.2% |
| Dordi | rural municipality | 16,050 | 4,524 | 74.5% |
| Dudhapokhari | rural municipality | 8,592 | 2,469 | 69.7% |
| Kwhola Sothar | rural municipality | 7,960 | 2,276 | 67.6% |
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 →