Rural Municipality · Okhaldhunga District
Molung
मोलुङ्ग गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Okhaldhunga District, Koshi Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0113403
Population
16,440
2021
Households
4,069
20214.04 people each
Area
112 km²
146 per km²
Literacy
73.8%
2021221st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
16,440
National Statistics Office
8,413 women, 8,027 men — 51.2% female. 11.8% of Okhaldhunga.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
73.8%
Population aged 5 and over
2.4 pp below the national figure · 221st of 460.
80.7% of men, 67.4% of women — a 13.3-point gap.
73.8%
Molung
73.9%
Okhaldhunga
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Molung 73.8%, Okhaldhunga 73.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Molung marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write73.8%
- Cannot read or write26.1%
- Can read only0.1%
15,203 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 11,227 | 5,288 | 5,939 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,961 | 2,558 | 1,403 |
| Can read only | 15 | 1 | 14 |
In context
Where Molung sits among the 8 local governments of Okhaldhunga. 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddhicharan | municipality | 27,351 | 7,126 | 76.2% |
| Manebhanjyang | rural municipality | 19,597 | 4,785 | 77.6% |
| Sunkoshi | rural municipality | 17,783 | 4,368 | 71.4% |
| Molung | rural municipality | 16,440 | 4,069 | 73.8% |
| Champadevi | rural municipality | 16,311 | 4,034 | 68.3% |
| Khiji Demba | rural municipality | 15,559 | 3,438 | 74.8% |
| Chishankhu Gadhi | rural municipality | 13,844 | 3,305 | 74.8% |
| Likhu | rural municipality | 12,104 | 3,161 | 70.7% |
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 →