Rural Municipality · Kalikot District
Mahawai
महावै गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Kalikot District, Karnali Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0664406
Population
8,177
2021
Households
1,615
20215.06 people each
Area
322 km²
25 per km²
Literacy
73.1%
2021231st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
8,177
National Statistics Office
4,128 women, 4,049 men — 50.5% female. 5.6% of Kalikot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
73.1%
Population aged 5 and over
3.2 pp below the national figure · 231st of 460.
82.2% of men, 64.3% of women — a 17.9-point gap.
73.1%
Mahawai
72.7%
Kalikot
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Mahawai 73.1%, Kalikot 72.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mahawai marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write73.1%
- Cannot read or write26.5%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
7,281 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 5,320 | 2,379 | 2,941 |
| Cannot read or write | 1,928 | 1,301 | 627 |
| Can read only | 29 | 20 | 9 |
| Not stated | 4 | 1 | 3 |
In context
Where Mahawai 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 →