Rural Municipality · Jumla District
Patarasi
पातारासी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Jumla District, Karnali Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0663403
Population
16,824
2021
Households
3,342
20215.03 people each
Area
814 km²
21 per km²
Literacy
64.5%
2021382nd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
16,824
National Statistics Office
8,568 women, 8,256 men — 50.9% female. 14.2% of Jumla.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
64.5%
Population aged 5 and over
11.7 pp below the national figure · 382nd of 460.
73.4% of men, 56.1% of women — a 17.4-point gap.
64.5%
Patarasi
70.2%
Jumla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Patarasi 64.5%, Jumla 70.2%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Patarasi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write64.5%
- Cannot read or write34.6%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.3%
15,236 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 9,832 | 4,378 | 5,454 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,269 | 3,352 | 1,917 |
| Can read only | 90 | 52 | 38 |
| Not stated | 45 | 27 | 18 |
In context
Where Patarasi 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 →