Municipality · Rukum West District
Musikot
मुसिकोट नगरपालिका
A municipality in Rukum West District, Karnali Province, one of 6 local governments there.NP0652303
Population
34,270
2021
Households
8,693
20213.94 people each
Area
136 km²
252 per km²
Literacy
80.7%
202176th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
34,270
National Statistics Office
18,020 women, 16,250 men — 52.6% female. 20.6% of Rukum West.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.7%
Population aged 5 and over
4.5 pp above the national figure · 76th of 276.
87.8% of men, 74.5% of women — a 13.3-point gap.
80.7%
Musikot
75.7%
Rukum West
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Musikot 80.7%, Rukum West 75.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Musikot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.7%
- Cannot read or write18.8%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
31,074 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 25,082 | 12,345 | 12,737 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,854 | 4,138 | 1,716 |
| Can read only | 120 | 73 | 47 |
| Not stated | 18 | 10 | 8 |
In context
Where Musikot sits among the 6 local governments of Rukum West. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
68.8%–82.0%
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 6 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aathabisakot | municipality | 35,917 | 7,553 | 70.1% |
| Musikot | municipality | 34,270 | 8,693 | 80.7% |
| Chaurjahari | municipality | 28,956 | 6,837 | 74.4% |
| Sanibheri | rural municipality | 24,759 | 5,292 | 75.7% |
| Banphikot | rural municipality | 21,033 | 4,607 | 74.9% |
| Tribeni | rural municipality | 20,525 | 4,308 | 78.4% |
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 →