Municipality · Taplejung District
Phungling
फुङलिङ्ग नगरपालिका
A municipality in Taplejung District, Koshi Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0101301
Population
28,449
2021
Households
6,898
20214.12 people each
Area
125 km²
227 per km²
Literacy
86.5%
202119th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
28,449
National Statistics Office
14,468 women, 13,981 men — 50.9% female. 23.6% of Taplejung.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
86.5%
Population aged 5 and over
10.3 pp above the national figure · 19th of 276.
91.7% of men, 81.5% of women — a 10.2-point gap.
86.5%
Phungling
82.2%
Taplejung
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Phungling 86.5%, Taplejung 82.2%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Phungling marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write86.5%
- Cannot read or write13.3%
- Can read only0.2%
26,112 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 22,591 | 10,905 | 11,686 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,472 | 2,441 | 1,031 |
| Can read only | 49 | 27 | 22 |
In context
Where Phungling sits among the 9 local governments of Taplejung. 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phungling | municipality | 28,449 | 6,898 | 86.5% |
| Sirijanga | rural municipality | 14,114 | 3,255 | 83.5% |
| Aatharai Tribeni | rural municipality | 12,296 | 2,854 | 81.2% |
| Meringden | rural municipality | 11,838 | 2,662 | 79.4% |
| Pathivara Yangwarak | rural municipality | 11,806 | 2,705 | 82.8% |
| Phaktanlung | rural municipality | 11,791 | 2,832 | 78.7% |
| Sidingba | rural municipality | 10,979 | 2,476 | 80.4% |
| Maiwakhola | rural municipality | 10,213 | 2,249 | 79.9% |
| Mikwakhola | rural municipality | 7,964 | 1,845 | 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 →