Rural Municipality · Parbat District
Modi
मोदी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Parbat District, Gandaki Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0442402
Population
18,794
2021
Households
5,404
20213.48 people each
Area
144 km²
131 per km²
Literacy
77.6%
2021133rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
18,794
National Statistics Office
9,941 women, 8,853 men — 52.9% female. 14.4% of Parbat.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.6%
Population aged 5 and over
1.4 pp above the national figure · 133rd of 460.
86.3% of men, 70.1% of women — a 16.2-point gap.
77.6%
Modi
80.1%
Parbat
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Modi 77.6%, Parbat 80.1%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Modi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.6%
- Cannot read or write21.5%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.1%
17,517 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,595 | 6,559 | 7,036 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,772 | 2,714 | 1,058 |
| Can read only | 137 | 82 | 55 |
| Not stated | 13 | 6 | 7 |
In context
Where Modi 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 →