Municipality · Arghakhanchi District
Shitaganga
शितगंगा नगरपालिका
A municipality in Arghakhanchi District, Lumbini Province, one of 6 local governments there.NP0550303
Population
37,691
2021
Households
9,450
20213.99 people each
Area
610 km²
62 per km²
Literacy
80.0%
202186th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
37,691
National Statistics Office
19,942 women, 17,749 men — 52.9% female. 21.3% of Arghakhanchi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.0%
Population aged 5 and over
3.7 pp above the national figure · 86th of 276.
87.6% of men, 73.3% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
80.0%
Shitaganga
80.0%
Arghakhanchi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Shitaganga 80.0%, Arghakhanchi 80.0%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Shitaganga marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.0%
- Cannot read or write19.4%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.0%
34,273 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 27,410 | 13,463 | 13,947 |
| Cannot read or write | 6,633 | 4,742 | 1,891 |
| Can read only | 220 | 143 | 77 |
| Not stated | 10 | 8 | 2 |
In context
Where Shitaganga 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 →