Rural Municipality · Kalikot District
Palata
पलाता गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Kalikot District, Karnali Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0664404
Population
17,346
2021
Households
2,834
20216.12 people each
Area
319 km²
54 per km²
Literacy
70.7%
2021291st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
17,346
National Statistics Office
8,538 women, 8,808 men — 49.2% female. 11.9% of Kalikot.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
70.7%
Population aged 5 and over
5.6 pp below the national figure · 291st of 460.
76.8% of men, 64.4% of women — a 12.4-point gap.
70.7%
Palata
72.7%
Kalikot
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Palata 70.7%, Kalikot 72.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Palata marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write70.7%
- Cannot read or write28.1%
- Can read only1.0%
- Not stated0.2%
15,116 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,684 | 4,811 | 5,873 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,243 | 2,567 | 1,676 |
| Can read only | 158 | 74 | 84 |
| Not stated | 31 | 20 | 11 |
In context
Where Palata 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 →