Rural Municipality · Panchthar District
Miklajung
मिक्लाजुङ गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Panchthar District, Koshi Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0102407
Population
21,061
2021
Households
5,459
20213.86 people each
Area
166 km²
127 per km²
Literacy
82.9%
20217th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
21,061
National Statistics Office
10,607 women, 10,454 men — 50.4% female. 12.2% of Panchthar.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.9%
Population aged 5 and over
6.7 pp above the national figure · 7th of 460.
89.3% of men, 76.7% of women — a 12.6-point gap.
82.9%
Miklajung
82.3%
Panchthar
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Miklajung 82.9%, Panchthar 82.3%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Miklajung marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.9%
- Cannot read or write16.8%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
19,490 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 16,164 | 7,571 | 8,593 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,283 | 2,274 | 1,009 |
| Can read only | 42 | 26 | 16 |
| Not stated | 1 | 0 | 1 |
In context
Where Miklajung sits among the 8 local governments of Panchthar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phidim | municipality | 48,495 | 12,336 | 83.7% |
| Falgunanda | rural municipality | 21,289 | 5,278 | 80.9% |
| Miklajung | rural municipality | 21,061 | 5,459 | 82.9% |
| Falelung | rural municipality | 20,361 | 4,915 | 82.0% |
| Hilihan | rural municipality | 19,085 | 4,588 | 82.3% |
| Yangbarak | rural municipality | 16,821 | 3,956 | 82.5% |
| Kummayak | rural municipality | 12,746 | 3,158 | 80.4% |
| Tumbewa | rural municipality | 11,189 | 2,747 | 77.7% |
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 →