Municipality · Udayapur District
Belaka
बेलका नगरपालिका
A municipality in Udayapur District, Koshi Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0114304
Population
51,043
2021
Households
12,158
20214.20 people each
Area
339 km²
151 per km²
Literacy
77.5%
2021131st of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
51,043
National Statistics Office
26,643 women, 24,400 men — 52.2% female. 15.0% of Udayapur.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.5%
Population aged 5 and over
1.2 pp above the national figure · 131st of 276.
84.2% of men, 71.4% of women — a 12.7-point gap.
77.5%
Belaka
77.2%
Udayapur
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Belaka 77.5%, Udayapur 77.2%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Belaka marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.5%
- Cannot read or write22.4%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
46,878 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 36,320 | 17,581 | 18,739 |
| Cannot read or write | 10,483 | 6,989 | 3,494 |
| Can read only | 74 | 45 | 29 |
| Not stated | 1 | 0 | 1 |
In context
Where Belaka sits among the 9 local governments of Udayapur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triyuga | municipality | 102,725 | 25,623 | 80.0% |
| Katari | municipality | 59,507 | 14,106 | 74.6% |
| Chaudandigadhi | municipality | 53,631 | 12,703 | 77.7% |
| Belaka | municipality | 51,043 | 12,158 | 77.5% |
| Udayapurgadhi | rural municipality | 28,926 | 6,800 | 74.0% |
| Rautamai | rural municipality | 20,324 | 4,572 | 74.6% |
| Tapli | rural municipality | 13,344 | 2,862 | 74.7% |
| Limchunbung | rural municipality | 9,689 | 2,227 | 73.0% |
| Koshi Tappu | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →