Rural Municipality · Gulmi District
Chandrakot
चन्द्रकोट गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Gulmi District, Lumbini Province, one of 12 local governments there.NP0551406
Population
18,662
2021
Households
5,029
20213.71 people each
Area
106 km²
176 per km²
Literacy
79.6%
202171st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
18,662
National Statistics Office
10,191 women, 8,471 men — 54.6% female. 7.6% of Gulmi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.6%
Population aged 5 and over
3.4 pp above the national figure · 71st of 460.
87.5% of men, 73.3% of women — a 14.2-point gap.
79.6%
Chandrakot
80.3%
Gulmi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Chandrakot 79.6%, Gulmi 80.3%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Chandrakot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.6%
- Cannot read or write19.6%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.0%
17,128 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,639 | 6,933 | 6,706 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,349 | 2,436 | 913 |
| Can read only | 134 | 89 | 45 |
| Not stated | 6 | 3 | 3 |
In context
Where Chandrakot sits among the 12 local governments of Gulmi. 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. 4 more in the table below.
View all 12 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resunga | municipality | 31,551 | 9,015 | 85.4% |
| Musikot | municipality | 28,454 | 7,099 | 80.6% |
| Malika | rural municipality | 20,075 | 5,241 | 78.6% |
| Madane | rural municipality | 20,022 | 5,253 | 77.0% |
| Satyawoti | rural municipality | 19,473 | 5,169 | 81.9% |
| Chhatrakot | rural municipality | 19,357 | 5,307 | 79.2% |
| Gulmi Durbar | rural municipality | 19,296 | 5,253 | 82.1% |
| Dhurkot | rural municipality | 18,814 | 5,382 | 78.8% |
| Chandrakot | rural municipality | 18,662 | 5,029 | 79.6% |
| Isma | rural municipality | 18,529 | 5,009 | 74.6% |
| Ruruchhetra | rural municipality | 16,597 | 4,607 | 82.7% |
| Kali Gandaki | rural municipality | 15,044 | 3,736 | 79.7% |
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 →