Rural Municipality · Taplejung District
Sirijanga
सिरीजङ्गा गाउंपालिका
A rural municipality in Taplejung District, Koshi Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0101403
Population
14,114
2021
Households
3,255
20214.34 people each
Area
479 km²
29 per km²
Literacy
83.5%
20214th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
14,114
National Statistics Office
6,939 women, 7,175 men — 49.2% female. 11.7% of Taplejung.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.5%
Population aged 5 and over
7.2 pp above the national figure · 4th of 460.
90.1% of men, 76.7% of women — a 13.4-point gap.
83.5%
Sirijanga
82.2%
Taplejung
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Sirijanga 83.5%, Taplejung 82.2%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sirijanga marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.5%
- Cannot read or write16.4%
- Can read only0.1%
12,969 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,828 | 4,886 | 5,942 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,131 | 1,483 | 648 |
| Can read only | 10 | 4 | 6 |
In context
Where Sirijanga 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 →