Rural Municipality · Jajarkot District
Shivalaya
शिवालय गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Jajarkot District, Karnali Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0660404
Population
14,776
2021
Households
2,806
20215.27 people each
Area
134 km²
110 per km²
Literacy
78.3%
2021107th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
14,776
National Statistics Office
7,478 women, 7,298 men — 50.6% female. 7.8% of Jajarkot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.3%
Population aged 5 and over
2.1 pp above the national figure · 107th of 460.
85.0% of men, 71.8% of women — a 13.2-point gap.
78.3%
Shivalaya
75.5%
Jajarkot
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Shivalaya 78.3%, Jajarkot 75.5%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Shivalaya marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.3%
- Cannot read or write21.0%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.2%
13,086 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,247 | 4,760 | 5,487 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,748 | 1,814 | 934 |
| Can read only | 59 | 35 | 24 |
| Not stated | 32 | 20 | 12 |
In context
Where Shivalaya 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 →