Municipality · Nawalparasi East District
Kawasoti
कावासोती नगरपालिका
A municipality in Nawalparasi East District, Gandaki Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0447302
Population
86,821
2021
Households
22,166
20213.92 people each
Area
108 km²
801 per km²
Literacy
84.7%
202131st of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
86,821
National Statistics Office
46,298 women, 40,523 men — 53.3% female. 23.0% of Nawalparasi East.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
84.7%
Population aged 5 and over
8.5 pp above the national figure · 31st of 276.
90.6% of men, 79.7% of women — a 10.9-point gap.
84.7%
Kawasoti
82.4%
Nawalparasi East
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Kawasoti 84.7%, Nawalparasi East 82.4%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kawasoti marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write84.7%
- Cannot read or write14.6%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
80,137 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 67,876 | 34,420 | 33,456 |
| Cannot read or write | 11,668 | 8,420 | 3,248 |
| Can read only | 475 | 308 | 167 |
| Not stated | 118 | 60 | 58 |
In context
Where Kawasoti 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 →