Municipality · Ilam District
Mai
माई नगरपालिका
A municipality in Ilam District, Koshi Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0103304
Population
30,732
2021
Households
7,939
20213.87 people each
Area
263 km²
117 per km²
Literacy
79.6%
202195th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
30,732
National Statistics Office
15,602 women, 15,130 men — 50.8% female. 11.0% of Ilam.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.6%
Population aged 5 and over
3.3 pp above the national figure · 95th of 276.
85.5% of men, 73.8% of women — a 11.7-point gap.
79.6%
Mai
83.4%
Ilam
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Mai 79.6%, Ilam 83.4%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mai marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.6%
- Cannot read or write20.1%
- Can read only0.3%
28,336 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 22,544 | 10,646 | 11,898 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,696 | 3,717 | 1,979 |
| Can read only | 96 | 57 | 39 |
In context
Where Mai sits among the 10 local governments of Ilam. 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suryodaya | municipality | 54,727 | 14,032 | 85.3% |
| Illam | municipality | 50,085 | 12,952 | 86.7% |
| Deumai | municipality | 30,969 | 7,686 | 83.4% |
| Mai | municipality | 30,732 | 7,939 | 79.6% |
| Chulachuli | rural municipality | 23,157 | 5,613 | 81.3% |
| Fakfokathum | rural municipality | 19,706 | 4,898 | 82.4% |
| Mai Jogmai | rural municipality | 19,131 | 4,942 | 81.9% |
| Rong | rural municipality | 17,367 | 4,537 | 81.5% |
| Mangsebung | rural municipality | 16,810 | 3,889 | 82.0% |
| Sandakpur | rural municipality | 15,444 | 4,013 | 81.7% |
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 →