Municipality · Syangja District
Bhirkot
भीरकोट नगरपालिका
A municipality in Syangja District, Gandaki Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0441302
Population
22,645
2021
Households
6,171
20213.67 people each
Area
78 km²
289 per km²
Literacy
82.9%
202154th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
22,645
National Statistics Office
12,378 women, 10,267 men — 54.7% female. 8.9% of Syangja.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.9%
Population aged 5 and over
6.6 pp above the national figure · 54th of 276.
90.8% of men, 76.5% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
82.9%
Bhirkot
81.7%
Syangja
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Bhirkot 82.9%, Syangja 81.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bhirkot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.9%
- Cannot read or write16.4%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.2%
21,190 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 17,561 | 8,927 | 8,634 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,475 | 2,645 | 830 |
| Can read only | 104 | 77 | 27 |
| Not stated | 50 | 27 | 23 |
In context
Where Bhirkot sits among the 11 local governments of Syangja. 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walling | municipality | 50,488 | 13,424 | 83.4% |
| Putalibazar | municipality | 41,743 | 11,881 | 82.8% |
| Galyang | municipality | 31,034 | 7,933 | 83.4% |
| Chapakot | municipality | 22,969 | 6,251 | 79.9% |
| Bhirkot | municipality | 22,645 | 6,171 | 82.9% |
| Kaligandaki | rural municipality | 17,955 | 4,762 | 82.2% |
| Arjun Choupari | rural municipality | 14,045 | 3,808 | 79.2% |
| Biruwa | rural municipality | 14,001 | 3,954 | 79.1% |
| Harinas | rural municipality | 13,191 | 3,582 | 78.3% |
| Aandhikhola | rural municipality | 13,094 | 3,992 | 76.2% |
| Phedikhola | rural municipality | 10,899 | 3,165 | 80.7% |
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 →