Rural Municipality · Terhathum District
Aatharai
आठराई गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Terhathum District, Koshi Province, one of 6 local governments there.NP0108403
Population
18,156
2021
Households
4,373
20214.15 people each
Area
167 km²
109 per km²
Literacy
82.2%
202116th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
18,156
National Statistics Office
9,200 women, 8,956 men — 50.7% female. 20.5% of Terhathum.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.2%
Population aged 5 and over
6.0 pp above the national figure · 16th of 460.
89.2% of men, 75.5% of women — a 13.7-point gap.
82.2%
Aatharai
81.9%
Terhathum
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Aatharai 82.2%, Terhathum 81.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Aatharai marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.2%
- Cannot read or write17.4%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
16,701 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,736 | 6,417 | 7,319 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,908 | 2,048 | 860 |
| Can read only | 56 | 30 | 26 |
| Not stated | 1 | 1 | 0 |
In context
Where Aatharai sits among the 6 local governments of Terhathum. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
78.3%–86.4%
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 6 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myanglung | municipality | 18,750 | 4,872 | 85.6% |
| Aatharai | rural municipality | 18,156 | 4,373 | 82.2% |
| Laligurans | municipality | 15,329 | 3,759 | 81.6% |
| Phedap | rural municipality | 15,169 | 3,662 | 80.3% |
| Chhathar | rural municipality | 14,197 | 3,476 | 79.1% |
| Menchhayayem | rural municipality | 6,678 | 1,703 | 80.2% |
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 →