Rural Municipality · Myagdi District
Malika
मालिका गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Myagdi District, Gandaki Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0444404
Population
18,332
2021
Households
4,590
20213.99 people each
Area
147 km²
125 per km²
Literacy
77.9%
202199th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
18,332
National Statistics Office
9,465 women, 8,867 men — 51.6% female. 17.1% of Myagdi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.9%
Population aged 5 and over
1.6 pp above the national figure · 99th of 460.
86.2% of men, 70.2% of women — a 16.0-point gap.
77.9%
Malika
79.7%
Myagdi
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Malika 77.9%, Myagdi 79.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Malika marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.9%
- Cannot read or write21.0%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.3%
16,706 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,013 | 6,096 | 6,917 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,511 | 2,471 | 1,040 |
| Can read only | 138 | 89 | 49 |
| Not stated | 44 | 26 | 18 |
In context
Where Malika sits among the 7 local governments of Myagdi. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
71.0%–84.6%
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 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beni | municipality | 32,697 | 9,336 | 83.2% |
| Malika | rural municipality | 18,332 | 4,590 | 77.9% |
| Mangala | rural municipality | 14,688 | 3,911 | 80.9% |
| Raghuganga | rural municipality | 14,114 | 4,153 | 72.3% |
| Dhawalagiri | rural municipality | 12,616 | 3,176 | 76.2% |
| Annapurna | rural municipality | 12,323 | 3,600 | 80.7% |
| Dhorpatan | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →