Rural Municipality · Mustang District
Varagung Muktichhetra
वारागुङ मुक्तिक्षेत्र गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Mustang District, Gandaki Province, one of 5 local governments there.NP0445403
Population
2,036
2021
Households
723
20212.82 people each
Area
886 km²
2 per km²
Literacy
60.2%
2021421st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
2,036
National Statistics Office
1,021 women, 1,015 men — 50.1% female. 14.1% of Mustang.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
60.2%
Population aged 5 and over
16.0 pp below the national figure · 421st of 460.
69.9% of men, 50.5% of women — a 19.4-point gap.
60.2%
Varagung Muktichhetra
75.1%
Mustang
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Varagung Muktichhetra 60.2%, Mustang 75.1%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Varagung Muktichhetra marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write60.2%
- Cannot read or write36.8%
- Can read only2.4%
- Not stated0.6%
1,910 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 1,150 | 483 | 667 |
| Cannot read or write | 703 | 442 | 261 |
| Can read only | 45 | 26 | 19 |
| Not stated | 12 | 5 | 7 |
In context
Where Varagung Muktichhetra 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 →