Rural Municipality · Dang District
Gadhawa
गढवा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dang District, Lumbini Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0556406
Population
45,898
2021
Households
9,964
20214.61 people each
Area
358 km²
128 per km²
Literacy
77.7%
2021129th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
45,898
National Statistics Office
23,590 women, 22,308 men — 51.4% female. 6.8% of Dang.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.7%
Population aged 5 and over
1.4 pp above the national figure · 129th of 460.
83.5% of men, 72.3% of women — a 11.2-point gap.
77.7%
Gadhawa
81.4%
Dang
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Gadhawa 77.7%, Dang 81.4%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gadhawa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.7%
- Cannot read or write21.9%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
42,223 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 32,803 | 15,782 | 17,021 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,247 | 5,947 | 3,300 |
| Can read only | 162 | 95 | 67 |
| Not stated | 11 | 11 | 0 |
In context
Where Gadhawa sits among the 10 local governments of Dang. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
Literacy rate
76.0%–83.9%
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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghorahi | sub-metropolitan city | 200,530 | 49,761 | 83.0% |
| Tulsipur | sub-metropolitan city | 179,755 | 46,018 | 83.1% |
| Lamahi | municipality | 59,050 | 13,458 | 80.9% |
| Rapti | rural municipality | 52,123 | 11,826 | 79.4% |
| Gadhawa | rural municipality | 45,898 | 9,964 | 77.7% |
| Babai | rural municipality | 30,968 | 7,527 | 78.0% |
| Rajpur | rural municipality | 28,346 | 5,829 | 76.8% |
| Shantinagar | rural municipality | 27,641 | 6,919 | 79.9% |
| Dangisharan | rural municipality | 23,668 | 5,825 | 79.0% |
| Bangalachuli | rural municipality | 22,373 | 5,139 | 77.9% |
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 →