Rural Municipality · Solukhumbu District
Sotang
सोताङ गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0111407
Population
9,025
2021
Households
2,296
20213.93 people each
Area
103 km²
88 per km²
Literacy
77.6%
2021132nd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
9,025
National Statistics Office
4,481 women, 4,544 men — 49.7% female. 8.6% of Solukhumbu.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.6%
Population aged 5 and over
1.4 pp above the national figure · 132nd of 460.
83.3% of men, 71.8% of women — a 11.5-point gap.
77.6%
Sotang
76.9%
Solukhumbu
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Sotang 77.6%, Solukhumbu 76.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sotang marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.6%
- Cannot read or write21.9%
- Can read only0.5%
8,196 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 6,361 | 2,923 | 3,438 |
| Cannot read or write | 1,796 | 1,127 | 669 |
| Can read only | 39 | 20 | 19 |
In context
Where Sotang sits among the 8 local governments of Solukhumbu. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solu Dhudhakunda | municipality | 25,678 | 6,744 | 78.5% |
| Thulung Dudhkoshi | rural municipality | 18,354 | 4,624 | 73.2% |
| Mapya Dudhkoshi | rural municipality | 12,648 | 3,140 | 75.0% |
| Mahakulung | rural municipality | 11,847 | 2,912 | 79.1% |
| Necha Salyan | rural municipality | 11,381 | 2,783 | 78.5% |
| Sotang | rural municipality | 9,025 | 2,296 | 77.6% |
| Khumbu Pasanglhamu | rural municipality | 8,720 | 2,489 | 74.9% |
| Likhu Pike | rural municipality | 5,334 | 1,251 | 73.6% |
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 →