Rural Municipality · Mustang District
Lomanthang
लोमन्थाङ गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Mustang District, Gandaki Province, one of 5 local governments there.NP0445401
Population
1,430
2021
Households
488
20212.93 people each
Area
724 km²
2 per km²
Literacy
47.1%
2021455th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
1,430
National Statistics Office
787 women, 643 men — 55.0% female. 9.9% of Mustang.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
47.1%
Population aged 5 and over
29.1 pp below the national figure · 455th of 460.
58.0% of men, 38.5% of women — a 19.5-point gap.
47.1%
Lomanthang
75.1%
Mustang
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Lomanthang 47.1%, Mustang 75.1%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Lomanthang marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Cannot read or write51.9%
- Can read and write47.1%
- Can read only1.0%
1,368 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannot read or write | 710 | 462 | 248 |
| Can read and write | 645 | 293 | 352 |
| Can read only | 13 | 6 | 7 |
In context
Where Lomanthang sits among the 5 local governments of Mustang. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
41.3%–85.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gharpajhong | rural municipality | 3,712 | 1,127 | 81.5% |
| Thasang | rural municipality | 2,856 | 832 | 77.7% |
| Varagung Muktichhetra | rural municipality | 2,036 | 723 | 60.2% |
| Lomanthang | rural municipality | 1,430 | 488 | 47.1% |
| Lo Ghekar Damodarkunda | rural municipality | 1,292 | 436 | 45.6% |
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 →