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Rural Municipality · Jhapa District

Kamal

कमल गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Jhapa District, Koshi Province, one of 15 local governments there.NP0104401

Population

53,894

2021

Households

13,165

20214.09 people each

Area

104 km²

517 per km²

Literacy

83.5%

20213rd of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

53,894

National Statistics Office

28,468 women, 25,426 men — 52.8% female. 5.4% of Jhapa.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

83.5%

Population aged 5 and over

7.3 pp above the national figure · 3rd of 460.

89.2% of men, 78.5% of women — a 10.7-point gap.

83.5%

Kamal

82.8%

Jhapa

79.7%

Koshi

76.2%

Nepal

Kamal 83.5%, Jhapa 82.8%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kamal marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write83.5%
  • Cannot read or write16.3%
  • Can read only0.2%
  • Not stated0.0%

49,899 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write41,66620,82220,844
Cannot read or write8,1325,6532,479
Can read only995841
Not stated211

In context

All places

Where Kamal sits among the 15 local governments of Jhapa. By population, 2021 census.

Jhapa by local government
32,722Population · 133,073

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. 7 more in the table below.

View all 15 local governments
Jhapa by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Mechinagarmunicipality133,07332,69583.3%
Birtamodmunicipality116,19229,85287.1%
Damakmunicipality107,22727,56988.0%
Arjundharamunicipality84,01820,93584.4%
Shivasatakshimunicipality74,07718,25382.3%
Bhadrapurmunicipality70,91317,32982.5%
Gauradahamunicipality60,45114,84678.9%
Kamalrural municipality53,89413,16583.5%
Kankaimunicipality53,14813,16983.3%
Buddhashantirural municipality53,01013,28584.7%
Kachanakawalrural municipality41,3179,94674.0%
Jhaparural municipality39,3028,51574.6%
Barhadashirural municipality37,9469,03579.2%
Gauriganjrural municipality35,5068,54774.6%
Haldibarirural municipality32,7227,87881.3%

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 →