Rural Municipality · Banke District
Narainapur
नरैनापुर गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Banke District, Lumbini Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0557406
Population
43,206
2021
Households
8,488
20215.09 people each
Area
172 km²
251 per km²
Literacy
47.9%
2021453rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
43,206
National Statistics Office
21,474 women, 21,732 men — 49.7% female. 7.2% of Banke.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
47.9%
Population aged 5 and over
28.4 pp below the national figure · 453rd of 460.
54.8% of men, 40.9% of women — a 13.9-point gap.
47.9%
Narainapur
73.4%
Banke
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Narainapur 47.9%, Banke 73.4%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Narainapur marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Cannot read or write51.6%
- Can read and write47.9%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
37,744 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannot read or write | 19,489 | 11,056 | 8,433 |
| Can read and write | 18,075 | 7,720 | 10,355 |
| Can read only | 177 | 81 | 96 |
| Not stated | 3 | 1 | 2 |
In context
Where Narainapur 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 →