Rural Municipality · Terhathum District
Chhathar
छथर गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Terhathum District, Koshi Province, one of 6 local governments there.NP0108404
Population
14,197
2021
Households
3,476
20214.08 people each
Area
134 km²
106 per km²
Literacy
79.1%
202188th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
14,197
National Statistics Office
7,266 women, 6,931 men — 51.2% female. 16.0% of Terhathum.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.1%
Population aged 5 and over
2.8 pp above the national figure · 88th of 460.
86.3% of men, 72.3% of women — a 14.0-point gap.
79.1%
Chhathar
81.9%
Terhathum
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Chhathar 79.1%, Terhathum 81.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Chhathar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.1%
- Cannot read or write20.6%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
13,076 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,340 | 4,862 | 5,478 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,697 | 1,845 | 852 |
| Can read only | 38 | 19 | 19 |
| Not stated | 1 | 0 | 1 |
In context
Where Chhathar 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 →