Rural Municipality · Myagdi District
Mangala
मंगला गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Myagdi District, Gandaki Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0444405
Population
14,688
2021
Households
3,911
20213.76 people each
Area
89 km²
165 per km²
Literacy
80.9%
202148th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
14,688
National Statistics Office
7,761 women, 6,927 men — 52.8% female. 13.7% of Myagdi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.9%
Population aged 5 and over
4.6 pp above the national figure · 48th of 460.
87.7% of men, 74.9% of women — a 12.8-point gap.
80.9%
Mangala
79.7%
Myagdi
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Mangala 80.9%, Myagdi 79.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mangala marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.9%
- Cannot read or write18.9%
- Can read only0.1%
- Not stated0.1%
13,500 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,916 | 5,405 | 5,511 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,557 | 1,794 | 763 |
| Can read only | 16 | 11 | 5 |
| Not stated | 11 | 5 | 6 |
In context
Where Mangala 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 →