Rural Municipality · Banke District
Duduwa
डुडुवा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Banke District, Lumbini Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0557404
Population
43,135
2021
Households
8,051
20215.36 people each
Area
91 km²
474 per km²
Literacy
55.4%
2021439th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
43,135
National Statistics Office
21,303 women, 21,832 men — 49.4% female. 7.2% of Banke.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
55.4%
Population aged 5 and over
20.9 pp below the national figure · 439th of 460.
63.3% of men, 47.3% of women — a 16.0-point gap.
55.4%
Duduwa
73.4%
Banke
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Duduwa 55.4%, Banke 73.4%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Duduwa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write55.4%
- Cannot read or write43.7%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.1%
38,308 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 21,217 | 8,978 | 12,239 |
| Cannot read or write | 16,755 | 9,816 | 6,939 |
| Can read only | 309 | 169 | 140 |
| Not stated | 27 | 18 | 9 |
In context
Where Duduwa sits among the 8 local governments of Banke. 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepalganj | sub-metropolitan city | 164,444 | 34,565 | 76.2% |
| Kohalpur | municipality | 101,667 | 24,183 | 82.6% |
| Baijanath | rural municipality | 69,472 | 16,469 | 77.9% |
| Rapti Sonari | rural municipality | 66,445 | 14,946 | 75.0% |
| Khajura | rural municipality | 62,789 | 13,706 | 75.3% |
| Janaki | rural municipality | 46,141 | 8,826 | 67.1% |
| Narainapur | rural municipality | 43,206 | 8,488 | 47.9% |
| Duduwa | rural municipality | 43,135 | 8,051 | 55.4% |
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 →