Rural Municipality · Dailekh District
Thantikandh
ठाँटीकाँध गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dailekh District, Karnali Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0661401
Population
18,301
2021
Households
3,840
20214.77 people each
Area
88 km²
208 per km²
Literacy
70.5%
2021293rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
18,301
National Statistics Office
9,371 women, 8,930 men — 51.2% female. 7.3% of Dailekh.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
70.5%
Population aged 5 and over
5.8 pp below the national figure · 293rd of 460.
77.5% of men, 63.9% of women — a 13.6-point gap.
70.5%
Thantikandh
75.5%
Dailekh
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Thantikandh 70.5%, Dailekh 75.5%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Thantikandh marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write70.5%
- Cannot read or write29.1%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
16,008 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 11,281 | 5,293 | 5,988 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,660 | 2,957 | 1,703 |
| Can read only | 59 | 30 | 29 |
| Not stated | 8 | 5 | 3 |
In context
Where Thantikandh 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 →