Municipality · Kalikot District
Khandachakra
खाँडाचक्र नगरपालिका
A municipality in Kalikot District, Karnali Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0664302
Population
22,274
2021
Households
4,101
20215.43 people each
Area
133 km²
167 per km²
Literacy
74.0%
2021165th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
22,274
National Statistics Office
11,062 women, 11,212 men — 49.7% female. 15.3% of Kalikot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
74.0%
Population aged 5 and over
2.3 pp below the national figure · 165th of 276.
81.0% of men, 66.9% of women — a 14.1-point gap.
74.0%
Khandachakra
72.7%
Kalikot
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Khandachakra 74.0%, Kalikot 72.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Khandachakra marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write74.0%
- Cannot read or write25.6%
- Not stated0.3%
- Can read only0.2%
19,762 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 14,614 | 6,624 | 7,990 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,050 | 3,231 | 1,819 |
| Not stated | 51 | 24 | 27 |
| Can read only | 47 | 21 | 26 |
In context
Where Khandachakra sits among the 9 local governments of Kalikot. 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naraharinath | rural municipality | 22,458 | 4,290 | 75.1% |
| Khandachakra | municipality | 22,274 | 4,101 | 74.0% |
| Raskot | municipality | 17,425 | 3,194 | 72.0% |
| Palata | rural municipality | 17,346 | 2,834 | 70.7% |
| Tilagupha | municipality | 16,197 | 3,154 | 71.3% |
| Shuva Kalika | rural municipality | 13,773 | 2,762 | 74.4% |
| Pachal Jharana | rural municipality | 13,687 | 2,398 | 71.5% |
| Sanni Tribeni | rural municipality | 13,491 | 2,422 | 70.2% |
| Mahawai | rural municipality | 8,177 | 1,615 | 73.1% |
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 →