Municipality · Lamjung District
Sundarbazar
सुन्दरबजार नगरपालिका
A municipality in Lamjung District, Gandaki Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0437303
Population
27,043
2021
Households
7,829
20213.45 people each
Area
72 km²
375 per km²
Literacy
81.4%
202169th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
27,043
National Statistics Office
14,532 women, 12,511 men — 53.7% female. 17.4% of Lamjung.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.4%
Population aged 5 and over
5.2 pp above the national figure · 69th of 276.
89.5% of men, 74.6% of women — a 14.9-point gap.
81.4%
Sundarbazar
77.5%
Lamjung
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Sundarbazar 81.4%, Lamjung 77.5%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sundarbazar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.4%
- Cannot read or write17.7%
- Can read only0.9%
- Not stated0.1%
25,453 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 20,720 | 10,313 | 10,407 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,498 | 3,363 | 1,135 |
| Can read only | 222 | 139 | 83 |
| Not stated | 13 | 6 | 7 |
In context
Where Sundarbazar 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 →