Municipality · Tanahu District
Bhimad
भिमाद नगरपालिका
A municipality in Tanahu District, Gandaki Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0440304
Population
29,248
2021
Households
7,970
20213.67 people each
Area
129 km²
226 per km²
Literacy
79.7%
202193rd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
29,248
National Statistics Office
15,864 women, 13,384 men — 54.2% female. 9.1% of Tanahu.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.7%
Population aged 5 and over
3.5 pp above the national figure · 93rd of 276.
88.1% of men, 72.8% of women — a 15.3-point gap.
79.7%
Bhimad
81.6%
Tanahu
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Bhimad 79.7%, Tanahu 81.6%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bhimad marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.7%
- Cannot read or write19.5%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.4%
27,047 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 21,568 | 10,805 | 10,763 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,262 | 3,876 | 1,386 |
| Can read only | 115 | 82 | 33 |
| Not stated | 102 | 73 | 29 |
In context
Where Bhimad sits among the 10 local governments of Tanahu. 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byas | municipality | 78,939 | 22,585 | 85.3% |
| Shuklagandaki | municipality | 55,620 | 15,272 | 86.8% |
| Bhanu | municipality | 42,794 | 12,705 | 77.5% |
| Bhimad | municipality | 29,248 | 7,970 | 79.7% |
| Myagde | rural municipality | 23,578 | 6,515 | 82.2% |
| Aanbu Khaireni | rural municipality | 22,252 | 6,136 | 82.1% |
| Bandipur | rural municipality | 18,532 | 5,208 | 79.5% |
| Rhishing | rural municipality | 17,918 | 4,669 | 71.6% |
| Devghat | rural municipality | 14,584 | 3,670 | 75.4% |
| Ghiring | rural municipality | 14,334 | 3,783 | 73.0% |
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 →