Municipality · Nawalparasi East District
Gaidakot
गैडाकोट नगरपालिका
A municipality in Nawalparasi East District, Gandaki Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0447304
Population
79,349
2021
Households
20,191
20213.93 people each
Area
160 km²
496 per km²
Literacy
84.8%
202128th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
79,349
National Statistics Office
41,420 women, 37,929 men — 52.2% female. 21.0% of Nawalparasi East.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
84.8%
Population aged 5 and over
8.6 pp above the national figure · 28th of 276.
90.7% of men, 79.6% of women — a 11.1-point gap.
84.8%
Gaidakot
82.4%
Nawalparasi East
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Gaidakot 84.8%, Nawalparasi East 82.4%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gaidakot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write84.8%
- Cannot read or write14.2%
- Can read only0.9%
- Not stated0.1%
73,832 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 62,630 | 30,930 | 31,700 |
| Cannot read or write | 10,448 | 7,451 | 2,997 |
| Can read only | 661 | 435 | 226 |
| Not stated | 93 | 52 | 41 |
In context
Where Gaidakot sits among the 9 local governments of Nawalparasi East. 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawasoti | municipality | 86,821 | 22,166 | 84.7% |
| Gaidakot | municipality | 79,349 | 20,191 | 84.8% |
| Madhya Bindu | municipality | 61,091 | 15,430 | 79.9% |
| Devchuli | municipality | 58,003 | 14,493 | 84.3% |
| Binayi Tribeni | rural municipality | 38,370 | 9,076 | 82.0% |
| Hupsekot | rural municipality | 26,583 | 6,179 | 76.2% |
| Bulingtar | rural municipality | 14,637 | 3,402 | 72.9% |
| Baudikali | rural municipality | 11,338 | 2,913 | 75.5% |
| Chitawan | 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 →