Rural Municipality · Surkhet District
Chaukune
चौकुने गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Surkhet District, Karnali Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0659401
Population
26,950
2021
Households
5,336
20215.05 people each
Area
380 km²
71 per km²
Literacy
78.1%
2021111th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
26,950
National Statistics Office
13,714 women, 13,236 men — 50.9% female. 6.5% of Surkhet.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.1%
Population aged 5 and over
1.9 pp above the national figure · 111th of 460.
85.4% of men, 71.2% of women — a 14.2-point gap.
78.1%
Chaukune
82.7%
Surkhet
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Chaukune 78.1%, Surkhet 82.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Chaukune marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.1%
- Cannot read or write21.4%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.2%
23,986 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 18,736 | 8,744 | 9,992 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,127 | 3,472 | 1,655 |
| Can read only | 74 | 49 | 25 |
| Not stated | 49 | 20 | 29 |
In context
Where Chaukune sits among the 9 local governments of Surkhet. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birendranagar | municipality | 153,863 | 38,377 | 87.2% |
| Gurbhakot | municipality | 48,216 | 11,798 | 82.8% |
| Bheriganga | municipality | 48,203 | 11,539 | 81.1% |
| Panchapuri | municipality | 35,839 | 7,803 | 78.5% |
| Lekabeshi | municipality | 31,710 | 7,441 | 82.2% |
| Chaukune | rural municipality | 26,950 | 5,336 | 78.1% |
| Barahatal | rural municipality | 25,943 | 6,169 | 77.7% |
| Simta | rural municipality | 24,083 | 6,062 | 76.5% |
| Chingad | rural municipality | 15,600 | 3,297 | 74.2% |
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 →