Municipality · Okhaldhunga District
Siddhicharan
सिद्धिचरण नगरपालिका
A municipality in Okhaldhunga District, Koshi Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0113301
Population
27,351
2021
Households
7,126
20213.84 people each
Area
168 km²
163 per km²
Literacy
76.2%
2021142nd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
27,351
National Statistics Office
14,254 women, 13,097 men — 52.1% female. 19.6% of Okhaldhunga.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.2%
Population aged 5 and over
0.1 pp below the national figure · 142nd of 276.
84.4% of men, 68.7% of women — a 15.8-point gap.
76.2%
Siddhicharan
73.9%
Okhaldhunga
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Siddhicharan 76.2%, Okhaldhunga 73.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Siddhicharan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write76.2%
- Cannot read or write23.3%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
25,575 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 19,478 | 9,208 | 10,270 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,962 | 4,102 | 1,860 |
| Can read only | 134 | 99 | 35 |
| Not stated | 1 | 1 | 0 |
In context
Where Siddhicharan 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 →