Municipality · Dolpa District
Tripurasundari
त्रिपुरासुन्दरी नगरपालिका
A municipality in Dolpa District, Karnali Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0662301
Population
12,233
2021
Households
2,622
20214.67 people each
Area
393 km²
31 per km²
Literacy
70.9%
2021192nd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
12,233
National Statistics Office
6,153 women, 6,080 men — 50.3% female. 28.6% of Dolpa.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
70.9%
Population aged 5 and over
5.3 pp below the national figure · 192nd of 276.
79.0% of men, 63.1% of women — a 15.9-point gap.
70.9%
Tripurasundari
67.0%
Dolpa
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Tripurasundari 70.9%, Dolpa 67.0%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Tripurasundari marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write70.9%
- Cannot read or write28.0%
- Can read only1.0%
- Not stated0.1%
11,001 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 7,802 | 3,506 | 4,296 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,080 | 1,976 | 1,104 |
| Can read only | 111 | 75 | 36 |
| Not stated | 8 | 3 | 5 |
In context
Where Tripurasundari 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 →