Rural Municipality · Dolpa District
Mudkechula
मुड्केचुला गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dolpa District, Karnali Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0662404
Population
5,803
2021
Households
1,190
20214.88 people each
Area
250 km²
23 per km²
Literacy
77.0%
2021144th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
5,803
National Statistics Office
2,885 women, 2,918 men — 49.7% female. 13.6% of Dolpa.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.0%
Population aged 5 and over
0.7 pp above the national figure · 144th of 460.
83.3% of men, 70.5% of women — a 12.9-point gap.
77.0%
Mudkechula
67.0%
Dolpa
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Mudkechula 77.0%, Dolpa 67.0%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mudkechula marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.0%
- Cannot read or write22.8%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.1%
5,248 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 4,039 | 1,837 | 2,202 |
| Cannot read or write | 1,197 | 762 | 435 |
| Can read only | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Not stated | 3 | 1 | 2 |
In context
Where Mudkechula sits among the 8 local governments of Dolpa. 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripurasundari | municipality | 12,233 | 2,622 | 70.9% |
| Thulibheri | municipality | 9,861 | 2,327 | 73.7% |
| Mudkechula | rural municipality | 5,803 | 1,190 | 77.0% |
| Kaike | rural municipality | 3,965 | 916 | 58.8% |
| Shey Phoksundo | rural municipality | 3,635 | 861 | 45.0% |
| Jagadulla | rural municipality | 2,575 | 601 | 73.0% |
| Dolpo Buddha | rural municipality | 2,420 | 543 | 45.3% |
| Chharka Tangsong | rural municipality | 1,672 | 320 | 45.9% |
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 →