Rural Municipality · Mugu District
Soru
सोरु गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Mugu District, Karnali Province, one of 4 local governments there.NP0665402
Population
14,277
2021
Households
2,581
20215.53 people each
Area
366 km²
39 per km²
Literacy
65.5%
2021371st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
14,277
National Statistics Office
7,248 women, 7,029 men — 50.8% female. 22.1% of Mugu.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
65.5%
Population aged 5 and over
10.8 pp below the national figure · 371st of 460.
74.4% of men, 56.7% of women — a 17.6-point gap.
65.5%
Soru
68.1%
Mugu
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Soru 65.5%, Mugu 68.1%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Soru marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write65.5%
- Cannot read or write34.0%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
12,625 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 8,264 | 3,617 | 4,647 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,292 | 2,730 | 1,562 |
| Can read only | 65 | 26 | 39 |
| Not stated | 4 | 3 | 1 |
In context
Where Soru sits among the 4 local governments of Mugu. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
52.4%–72.7%
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 4 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chhayanath Rara | municipality | 24,527 | 4,952 | 70.7% |
| Khatyad | rural municipality | 18,832 | 3,525 | 70.0% |
| Soru | rural municipality | 14,277 | 2,581 | 65.5% |
| Mugumakarmarog | rural municipality | 6,222 | 1,372 | 54.4% |
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 →