Municipality · Sankhuwasabha District
Khandabari
खाँदबारी नगरपालिका
A municipality in Sankhuwasabha District, Koshi Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0109301
Population
35,565
2021
Households
9,309
20213.82 people each
Area
122 km²
290 per km²
Literacy
83.6%
202141st of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
35,565
National Statistics Office
18,209 women, 17,356 men — 51.2% female. 22.5% of Sankhuwasabha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.6%
Population aged 5 and over
7.4 pp above the national figure · 41st of 276.
89.8% of men, 77.8% of women — a 12.0-point gap.
83.6%
Khandabari
79.7%
Sankhuwasabha
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Khandabari 83.6%, Sankhuwasabha 79.7%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Khandabari marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.6%
- Cannot read or write16.2%
- Can read only0.2%
32,989 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 27,579 | 13,221 | 14,358 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,353 | 3,744 | 1,609 |
| Can read only | 57 | 34 | 23 |
In context
Where Khandabari 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 →