Municipality · Jajarkot District
Nalgad
नलगाड नगरपालिका
A municipality in Jajarkot District, Karnali Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0660303
Population
28,922
2021
Households
5,992
20214.83 people each
Area
387 km²
75 per km²
Literacy
73.6%
2021169th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
28,922
National Statistics Office
14,556 women, 14,366 men — 50.3% female. 15.3% of Jajarkot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
73.6%
Population aged 5 and over
2.6 pp below the national figure · 169th of 276.
80.3% of men, 67.1% of women — a 13.2-point gap.
73.6%
Nalgad
75.5%
Jajarkot
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Nalgad 73.6%, Jajarkot 75.5%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Nalgad marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write73.6%
- Cannot read or write25.6%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.2%
25,875 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 19,049 | 8,757 | 10,292 |
| Cannot read or write | 6,612 | 4,182 | 2,430 |
| Can read only | 172 | 98 | 74 |
| Not stated | 42 | 19 | 23 |
In context
Where Nalgad 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 →