Municipality · Dailekh District
Narayan
नारायण नगरपालिका
A municipality in Dailekh District, Karnali Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0661304
Population
26,111
2021
Households
6,504
20214.01 people each
Area
111 km²
236 per km²
Literacy
78.0%
2021122nd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
26,111
National Statistics Office
13,906 women, 12,205 men — 53.3% female. 10.3% of Dailekh.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.0%
Population aged 5 and over
1.7 pp above the national figure · 122nd of 276.
86.0% of men, 71.1% of women — a 15.0-point gap.
78.0%
Narayan
75.5%
Dailekh
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Narayan 78.0%, Dailekh 75.5%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Narayan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.0%
- Cannot read or write21.5%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
23,775 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 18,536 | 9,118 | 9,418 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,123 | 3,650 | 1,473 |
| Can read only | 111 | 59 | 52 |
| Not stated | 5 | 1 | 4 |
In context
Where Narayan sits among the 11 local governments of Dailekh. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dullu | municipality | 39,143 | 9,053 | 74.3% |
| Aathbis | municipality | 31,092 | 6,134 | 73.2% |
| Chamunda Bindrasaini | municipality | 26,559 | 5,113 | 74.9% |
| Narayan | municipality | 26,111 | 6,504 | 78.0% |
| Gurans | rural municipality | 21,189 | 4,541 | 79.1% |
| Naumule | rural municipality | 19,687 | 4,223 | 76.3% |
| Bhairabi | rural municipality | 18,767 | 4,269 | 73.9% |
| Thantikandh | rural municipality | 18,301 | 3,840 | 70.5% |
| Bhagawatimai | rural municipality | 18,206 | 3,550 | 75.8% |
| Mahabu | rural municipality | 18,059 | 3,968 | 76.4% |
| Dungeshwor | rural municipality | 14,533 | 3,399 | 79.1% |
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 →