Rural Municipality · Jajarkot District
Barekot
बारेकोट गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Jajarkot District, Karnali Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0660403
Population
22,005
2021
Households
3,887
20215.66 people each
Area
577 km²
38 per km²
Literacy
78.6%
202198th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
22,005
National Statistics Office
10,970 women, 11,035 men — 49.9% female. 11.6% of Jajarkot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.6%
Population aged 5 and over
2.4 pp above the national figure · 98th of 460.
84.4% of men, 72.8% of women — a 11.6-point gap.
78.6%
Barekot
75.5%
Jajarkot
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Barekot 78.6%, Jajarkot 75.5%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Barekot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.6%
- Cannot read or write20.8%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.1%
19,490 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 15,323 | 7,091 | 8,232 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,053 | 2,587 | 1,466 |
| Can read only | 101 | 57 | 44 |
| Not stated | 13 | 3 | 10 |
In context
Where Barekot sits among the 7 local governments of Jajarkot. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
Literacy rate
72.3%–79.3%
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 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bheri Malika | municipality | 37,892 | 8,874 | 75.1% |
| Chhedagad | municipality | 37,877 | 7,197 | 75.8% |
| Nalgad | municipality | 28,922 | 5,992 | 73.6% |
| Junichande | rural municipality | 23,771 | 4,296 | 73.0% |
| Kuse | rural municipality | 23,058 | 4,401 | 74.5% |
| Barekot | rural municipality | 22,005 | 3,887 | 78.6% |
| Shivalaya | rural municipality | 14,776 | 2,806 | 78.3% |
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 →