Municipality · Syangja District
Chapakot
चापाकोट नगरपालिका
A municipality in Syangja District, Gandaki Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0441305
Population
22,969
2021
Households
6,251
20213.67 people each
Area
121 km²
190 per km²
Literacy
79.9%
202191st of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
22,969
National Statistics Office
12,553 women, 10,416 men — 54.7% female. 9.1% of Syangja.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.9%
Population aged 5 and over
3.6 pp above the national figure · 91st of 276.
87.9% of men, 73.4% of women — a 14.6-point gap.
79.9%
Chapakot
81.7%
Syangja
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Chapakot 79.9%, Syangja 81.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Chapakot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.9%
- Cannot read or write19.5%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
21,387 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 17,082 | 8,674 | 8,408 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,175 | 3,062 | 1,113 |
| Can read only | 118 | 83 | 35 |
| Not stated | 12 | 6 | 6 |
In context
Where Chapakot 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 →