Rural Municipality · Lamjung District
Marshyangdi
मस्र्याङ्गदी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Lamjung District, Gandaki Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0437402
Population
17,080
2021
Households
4,550
20213.75 people each
Area
597 km²
29 per km²
Literacy
72.2%
2021254th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
17,080
National Statistics Office
8,750 women, 8,330 men — 51.2% female. 11.0% of Lamjung.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.2%
Population aged 5 and over
4.0 pp below the national figure · 254th of 460.
80.8% of men, 64.1% of women — a 16.6-point gap.
72.2%
Marshyangdi
77.5%
Lamjung
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Marshyangdi 72.2%, Lamjung 77.5%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Marshyangdi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.2%
- Cannot read or write26.4%
- Can read only1.2%
- Not stated0.2%
16,115 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 11,636 | 5,323 | 6,313 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,260 | 2,856 | 1,404 |
| Can read only | 193 | 105 | 88 |
| Not stated | 26 | 14 | 12 |
In context
Where Marshyangdi 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 →