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Rural Municipality · Dailekh District

Naumule

नौमुले गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Dailekh District, Karnali Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0661404

Population

19,687

2021

Households

4,223

20214.66 people each

Area

228 km²

86 per km²

Literacy

76.3%

2021157th of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

19,687

National Statistics Office

10,196 women, 9,491 men — 51.8% female. 7.8% of Dailekh.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

76.3%

Population aged 5 and over

0.1 pp above the national figure · 157th of 460.

82.3% of men, 70.9% of women — a 11.4-point gap.

76.3%

Naumule

75.5%

Dailekh

76.1%

Karnali

76.2%

Nepal

Naumule 76.3%, Dailekh 75.5%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Naumule marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write76.3%
  • Cannot read or write22.9%
  • Can read only0.7%
  • Not stated0.0%

17,823 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write13,6076,5817,026
Cannot read or write4,0772,6201,457
Can read only1328052
Not stated725

In context

All places

Where Naumule sits among the 11 local governments of Dailekh. By population, 2021 census.

Dailekh by local government
14,533Population · 39,143

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
Dailekh by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Dullumunicipality39,1439,05374.3%
Aathbismunicipality31,0926,13473.2%
Chamunda Bindrasainimunicipality26,5595,11374.9%
Narayanmunicipality26,1116,50478.0%
Guransrural municipality21,1894,54179.1%
Naumulerural municipality19,6874,22376.3%
Bhairabirural municipality18,7674,26973.9%
Thantikandhrural municipality18,3013,84070.5%
Bhagawatimairural municipality18,2063,55075.8%
Mahaburural municipality18,0593,96876.4%
Dungeshworrural municipality14,5333,39979.1%

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 →