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Rural Municipality · Dhankuta District

Chhathar Jorpati

छथर जोरपाटी गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Dhankuta District, Koshi Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0107402

Population

16,456

2021

Households

4,148

20213.97 people each

Area

103 km²

160 per km²

Literacy

81.0%

202144th of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

16,456

National Statistics Office

8,510 women, 7,946 men — 51.7% female. 10.9% of Dhankuta.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

81.0%

Population aged 5 and over

4.8 pp above the national figure · 44th of 460.

88.4% of men, 74.3% of women — a 14.1-point gap.

81.0%

Chhathar Jorpati

81.4%

Dhankuta

79.7%

Koshi

76.2%

Nepal

Chhathar Jorpati 81.0%, Dhankuta 81.4%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Chhathar Jorpati marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write81.0%
  • Cannot read or write18.6%
  • Can read only0.3%

15,227 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 3 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write12,3385,8966,442
Cannot read or write2,8392,011828
Can read only503218

In context

All places

Where Chhathar Jorpati sits among the 7 local governments of Dhankuta. By population, 2021 census.

Dhankuta by local government
16,456Population · 35,983

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 7 local governments
Dhankuta by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Dhankutamunicipality35,9839,63784.5%
Mahalaxmimunicipality22,1825,41280.0%
Sangurigadhirural municipality19,5615,00580.8%
Pakhribasmunicipality19,1044,84478.8%
Shahidbhumirural municipality17,7674,09078.5%
Chaubiserural municipality17,6774,48081.4%
Chhathar Jorpatirural municipality16,4564,14881.0%

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 →