Rural Municipality · Sankhuwasabha District
Bhotkhola
भोटखोला गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Sankhuwasabha District, Koshi Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0109402
Population
6,438
2021
Households
1,684
20213.82 people each
Area
732 km²
9 per km²
Literacy
61.1%
2021414th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
6,438
National Statistics Office
3,238 women, 3,200 men — 50.3% female. 4.1% of Sankhuwasabha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
61.1%
Population aged 5 and over
15.2 pp below the national figure · 414th of 460.
68.5% of men, 53.8% of women — a 14.6-point gap.
61.1%
Bhotkhola
79.7%
Sankhuwasabha
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Bhotkhola 61.1%, Sankhuwasabha 79.7%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bhotkhola marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write61.1%
- Cannot read or write38.6%
- Can read only0.3%
5,922 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 3,618 | 1,605 | 2,013 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,288 | 1,371 | 917 |
| Can read only | 16 | 6 | 10 |
In context
Where Bhotkhola sits among the 10 local governments of Sankhuwasabha. 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khandabari | municipality | 35,565 | 9,309 | 83.6% |
| Chainapur | municipality | 26,799 | 6,648 | 79.5% |
| Panchakhapan | municipality | 16,348 | 4,000 | 78.4% |
| Dharmadevi | municipality | 16,053 | 4,059 | 79.1% |
| Makalu | rural municipality | 13,424 | 3,476 | 75.5% |
| Madi | municipality | 13,273 | 3,281 | 79.2% |
| Silichong | rural municipality | 10,296 | 2,490 | 80.9% |
| Sabhapokhari | rural municipality | 9,970 | 2,507 | 79.4% |
| Chichila | rural municipality | 6,577 | 1,664 | 80.4% |
| Bhotkhola | rural municipality | 6,438 | 1,684 | 61.1% |
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 →