Rural Municipality · Morang District
Jahada
जहदा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Morang District, Koshi Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0105407
Population
47,639
2021
Households
9,869
20214.83 people each
Area
62 km²
766 per km²
Literacy
67.2%
2021350th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
47,639
National Statistics Office
23,604 women, 24,035 men — 49.5% female. 4.1% of Morang.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
67.2%
Population aged 5 and over
9.0 pp below the national figure · 350th of 460.
76.1% of men, 58.2% of women — a 17.9-point gap.
67.2%
Jahada
78.6%
Morang
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Jahada 67.2%, Morang 78.6%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Jahada marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write67.2%
- Cannot read or write32.7%
- Can read only0.1%
- Not stated0.0%
42,969 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 28,886 | 12,462 | 16,424 |
| Cannot read or write | 14,048 | 8,917 | 5,131 |
| Can read only | 29 | 18 | 11 |
| Not stated | 6 | 3 | 3 |
In context
Where Jahada sits among the 17 local governments of Morang. 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. 9 more in the table below.
View all 17 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biratnagar | metropolitan city | 243,927 | 56,919 | 83.6% |
| Sundarharaicha | municipality | 120,213 | 29,826 | 82.9% |
| Belbari | municipality | 81,771 | 20,459 | 79.6% |
| Pathari Shanishchare | municipality | 72,451 | 17,980 | 81.5% |
| Urlabari | municipality | 70,908 | 17,650 | 84.8% |
| Ratuwamai | municipality | 61,139 | 14,508 | 75.2% |
| Rangeli | municipality | 57,494 | 13,206 | 71.7% |
| Sunwarshi | municipality | 56,034 | 12,684 | 68.0% |
| Budhiganga | rural municipality | 51,497 | 12,360 | 75.9% |
| Katahari | rural municipality | 48,510 | 10,495 | 71.2% |
| Jahada | rural municipality | 47,639 | 9,869 | 67.2% |
| Dhanapalthan | rural municipality | 45,348 | 9,925 | 67.9% |
| Kanepokhari | rural municipality | 43,193 | 10,663 | 77.8% |
| Letang | municipality | 38,152 | 9,357 | 82.5% |
| Gramthan | rural municipality | 36,024 | 9,377 | 72.6% |
| Kerabari | rural municipality | 34,504 | 8,573 | 81.1% |
| Miklajung | rural municipality | 33,167 | 8,309 | 82.9% |
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 →