Municipality · Parbat District
Kushma
कुश्मा नगरपालिका
A municipality in Parbat District, Gandaki Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0442301
Population
38,101
2021
Households
10,962
20213.48 people each
Area
93 km²
409 per km²
Literacy
81.6%
202166th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
38,101
National Statistics Office
20,248 women, 17,853 men — 53.1% female. 29.1% of Parbat.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.6%
Population aged 5 and over
5.3 pp above the national figure · 66th of 276.
89.2% of men, 74.9% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
81.6%
Kushma
80.1%
Parbat
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Kushma 81.6%, Parbat 80.1%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kushma marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.6%
- Cannot read or write17.7%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
35,442 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 28,905 | 14,243 | 14,662 |
| Cannot read or write | 6,262 | 4,605 | 1,657 |
| Can read only | 229 | 136 | 93 |
| Not stated | 46 | 28 | 18 |
In context
Where Kushma sits among the 7 local governments of Parbat. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
77.1%–82.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushma | municipality | 38,101 | 10,962 | 81.6% |
| Jaljala | rural municipality | 21,119 | 5,961 | 79.9% |
| Phalebas | municipality | 20,468 | 5,737 | 78.2% |
| Modi | rural municipality | 18,794 | 5,404 | 77.6% |
| Paiyu | rural municipality | 12,725 | 3,268 | 81.2% |
| Bihadi | rural municipality | 10,828 | 2,723 | 79.7% |
| Mahashila | rural municipality | 8,116 | 2,057 | 81.8% |
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 →