Rural Municipality · Bhojpur District
Pauwa Dunma
पौवा दुङ्मा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Bhojpur District, Koshi Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0110405
Population
12,107
2021
Households
2,913
20214.16 people each
Area
119 km²
102 per km²
Literacy
77.8%
2021121st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
12,107
National Statistics Office
6,264 women, 5,843 men — 51.7% female. 7.7% of Bhojpur.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.8%
Population aged 5 and over
1.5 pp above the national figure · 121st of 460.
86.0% of men, 70.2% of women — a 15.8-point gap.
77.8%
Pauwa Dunma
78.9%
Bhojpur
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Pauwa Dunma 77.8%, Bhojpur 78.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Pauwa Dunma marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.8%
- Cannot read or write21.5%
- Can read only0.7%
11,164 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 8,684 | 4,060 | 4,624 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,403 | 1,669 | 734 |
| Can read only | 77 | 58 | 19 |
In context
Where Pauwa Dunma 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 →