Rural Municipality · Surkhet District
Simta
सिम्ता गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Surkhet District, Karnali Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0659404
Population
24,083
2021
Households
6,062
20213.97 people each
Area
241 km²
100 per km²
Literacy
76.5%
2021153rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
24,083
National Statistics Office
13,463 women, 10,620 men — 55.9% female. 5.8% of Surkhet.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.5%
Population aged 5 and over
0.2 pp above the national figure · 153rd of 460.
84.5% of men, 70.4% of women — a 14.1-point gap.
76.5%
Simta
82.7%
Surkhet
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Simta 76.5%, Surkhet 82.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Simta marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write76.5%
- Cannot read or write22.5%
- Can read only0.9%
- Not stated0.1%
21,550 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 16,485 | 8,633 | 7,852 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,853 | 3,480 | 1,373 |
| Can read only | 190 | 134 | 56 |
| Not stated | 22 | 12 | 10 |
In context
Where Simta 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 →