Rural Municipality · Jumla District
Kanaka Sundari
कनका सुन्दरी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Jumla District, Karnali Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0663401
Population
13,625
2021
Households
2,754
20214.95 people each
Area
225 km²
60 per km²
Literacy
68.3%
2021333rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
13,625
National Statistics Office
6,891 women, 6,734 men — 50.6% female. 11.5% of Jumla.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
68.3%
Population aged 5 and over
8.0 pp below the national figure · 333rd of 460.
77.8% of men, 59.1% of women — a 18.7-point gap.
68.3%
Kanaka Sundari
70.2%
Jumla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Kanaka Sundari 68.3%, Jumla 70.2%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kanaka Sundari marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write68.3%
- Cannot read or write30.7%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.4%
12,374 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 8,448 | 3,729 | 4,719 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,801 | 2,490 | 1,311 |
| Can read only | 72 | 58 | 14 |
| Not stated | 53 | 32 | 21 |
In context
Where Kanaka Sundari 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 →