Rural Municipality · Bhojpur District
Arun
अरुण गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Bhojpur District, Koshi Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0110403
Population
14,591
2021
Households
3,538
20214.12 people each
Area
154 km²
94 per km²
Literacy
76.5%
2021154th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
14,591
National Statistics Office
7,456 women, 7,135 men — 51.1% female. 9.2% of Bhojpur.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.5%
Population aged 5 and over
0.2 pp above the national figure · 154th of 460.
84.1% of men, 69.2% of women — a 14.9-point gap.
76.5%
Arun
78.9%
Bhojpur
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Arun 76.5%, Bhojpur 78.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Arun 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 write22.3%
- Can read only1.2%
13,449 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,282 | 4,777 | 5,505 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,002 | 2,031 | 971 |
| Can read only | 165 | 97 | 68 |
In context
Where Arun sits among the 9 local governments of Bhojpur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadananda | municipality | 29,342 | 7,311 | 78.8% |
| Bhojpur | municipality | 26,007 | 6,744 | 82.8% |
| Hatuwagadhi | rural municipality | 16,175 | 4,034 | 76.4% |
| Ramprasad Rai | rural municipality | 15,673 | 3,709 | 78.4% |
| Temkemaiyum | rural municipality | 15,464 | 3,854 | 79.1% |
| Aamchowk | rural municipality | 14,968 | 3,479 | 76.1% |
| Arun | rural municipality | 14,591 | 3,538 | 76.5% |
| Salpa Silichho | rural municipality | 12,284 | 2,998 | 79.3% |
| Pauwa Dunma | rural municipality | 12,107 | 2,913 | 77.8% |
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 →