Rural Municipality · Parbat District
Mahashila
महाशिला गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Parbat District, Gandaki Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0442404
Population
8,116
2021
Households
2,057
20213.95 people each
Area
49 km²
164 per km²
Literacy
81.8%
202129th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
8,116
National Statistics Office
4,308 women, 3,808 men — 53.1% female. 6.2% of Parbat.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.8%
Population aged 5 and over
5.5 pp above the national figure · 29th of 460.
89.7% of men, 74.8% of women — a 14.9-point gap.
81.8%
Mahashila
80.1%
Parbat
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Mahashila 81.8%, Parbat 80.1%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mahashila marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.8%
- Cannot read or write17.1%
- Can read only0.9%
- Not stated0.2%
7,525 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 6,153 | 3,008 | 3,145 |
| Cannot read or write | 1,289 | 950 | 339 |
| Can read only | 69 | 53 | 16 |
| Not stated | 14 | 8 | 6 |
In context
Where Mahashila 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 →