Municipality · Jumla District
Chandannath
चन्दननाथ नगरपालिका
A municipality in Jumla District, Karnali Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0663301
Population
21,036
2021
Households
5,367
20213.92 people each
Area
102 km²
206 per km²
Literacy
77.6%
2021129th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
21,036
National Statistics Office
10,637 women, 10,399 men — 50.6% female. 17.8% of Jumla.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.6%
Population aged 5 and over
1.3 pp above the national figure · 129th of 276.
87.7% of men, 67.8% of women — a 19.9-point gap.
77.6%
Chandannath
70.2%
Jumla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Chandannath 77.6%, Jumla 70.2%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Chandannath marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.6%
- Cannot read or write21.9%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.1%
19,503 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 15,131 | 6,740 | 8,391 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,262 | 3,132 | 1,130 |
| Can read only | 97 | 60 | 37 |
| Not stated | 13 | 8 | 5 |
In context
Where Chandannath sits among the 8 local governments of Jumla. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandannath | municipality | 21,036 | 5,367 | 77.6% |
| Patarasi | rural municipality | 16,824 | 3,342 | 64.5% |
| Tatopani | rural municipality | 15,575 | 3,318 | 70.3% |
| Tila | rural municipality | 14,539 | 2,667 | 71.7% |
| Kanaka Sundari | rural municipality | 13,625 | 2,754 | 68.3% |
| Sinja | rural municipality | 12,556 | 2,354 | 61.2% |
| Hima | rural municipality | 12,191 | 2,176 | 72.7% |
| Guthichaur | rural municipality | 10,922 | 2,444 | 69.2% |
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 →