Municipality · Jhapa District
Kankai
कन्काई नगरपालिका
A municipality in Jhapa District, Koshi Province, one of 15 local governments there.NP0104303
Population
53,148
2021
Households
13,169
20214.04 people each
Area
79 km²
674 per km²
Literacy
83.3%
202146th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
53,148
National Statistics Office
27,958 women, 25,190 men — 52.6% female. 5.3% of Jhapa.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.3%
Population aged 5 and over
7.1 pp above the national figure · 46th of 276.
88.8% of men, 78.4% of women — a 10.4-point gap.
83.3%
Kankai
82.8%
Jhapa
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Kankai 83.3%, Jhapa 82.8%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kankai marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.3%
- Cannot read or write16.4%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
49,327 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 41,108 | 20,490 | 20,618 |
| Cannot read or write | 8,075 | 5,562 | 2,513 |
| Can read only | 142 | 68 | 74 |
| Not stated | 2 | 1 | 1 |
In context
Where Kankai sits among the 15 local governments of Jhapa. 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. 7 more in the table below.
View all 15 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechinagar | municipality | 133,073 | 32,695 | 83.3% |
| Birtamod | municipality | 116,192 | 29,852 | 87.1% |
| Damak | municipality | 107,227 | 27,569 | 88.0% |
| Arjundhara | municipality | 84,018 | 20,935 | 84.4% |
| Shivasatakshi | municipality | 74,077 | 18,253 | 82.3% |
| Bhadrapur | municipality | 70,913 | 17,329 | 82.5% |
| Gauradaha | municipality | 60,451 | 14,846 | 78.9% |
| Kamal | rural municipality | 53,894 | 13,165 | 83.5% |
| Kankai | municipality | 53,148 | 13,169 | 83.3% |
| Buddhashanti | rural municipality | 53,010 | 13,285 | 84.7% |
| Kachanakawal | rural municipality | 41,317 | 9,946 | 74.0% |
| Jhapa | rural municipality | 39,302 | 8,515 | 74.6% |
| Barhadashi | rural municipality | 37,946 | 9,035 | 79.2% |
| Gauriganj | rural municipality | 35,506 | 8,547 | 74.6% |
| Haldibari | rural municipality | 32,722 | 7,878 | 81.3% |
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 →