Municipality · Arghakhanchi District
Sandhikharka
सन्धिखर्क नगरपालिका
A municipality in Arghakhanchi District, Lumbini Province, one of 6 local governments there.NP0550302
Population
42,492
2021
Households
12,070
20213.52 people each
Area
129 km²
328 per km²
Literacy
84.5%
202132nd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
42,492
National Statistics Office
23,002 women, 19,490 men — 54.1% female. 24.0% of Arghakhanchi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
84.5%
Population aged 5 and over
8.3 pp above the national figure · 32nd of 276.
91.3% of men, 78.9% of women — a 12.3-point gap.
84.5%
Sandhikharka
80.0%
Arghakhanchi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Sandhikharka 84.5%, Arghakhanchi 80.0%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sandhikharka marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write84.5%
- Cannot read or write14.7%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.0%
39,063 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 33,009 | 16,940 | 16,069 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,730 | 4,304 | 1,426 |
| Can read only | 315 | 207 | 108 |
| Not stated | 9 | 6 | 3 |
In context
Where Sandhikharka sits among the 6 local governments of Arghakhanchi. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
75.8%–85.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhikharka | municipality | 42,492 | 12,070 | 84.5% |
| Shitaganga | municipality | 37,691 | 9,450 | 80.0% |
| Bhumikasthan | municipality | 28,192 | 7,760 | 76.9% |
| Malarani | rural municipality | 24,150 | 6,780 | 76.7% |
| Panini | rural municipality | 22,291 | 6,161 | 79.9% |
| Chhatradev | rural municipality | 21,611 | 6,228 | 78.8% |
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 →