Municipality · Gulmi District
Musikot
मुसिकोट नगरपालिका
A municipality in Gulmi District, Lumbini Province, one of 12 local governments there.NP0551301
Population
28,454
2021
Households
7,099
20214.01 people each
Area
115 km²
248 per km²
Literacy
80.6%
202176th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
28,454
National Statistics Office
15,358 women, 13,096 men — 54.0% female. 11.5% of Gulmi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.6%
Population aged 5 and over
4.3 pp above the national figure · 76th of 276.
87.5% of men, 74.8% of women — a 12.7-point gap.
80.6%
Musikot
80.3%
Gulmi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Musikot 80.6%, Gulmi 80.3%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Musikot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.6%
- Cannot read or write18.7%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.0%
25,989 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 20,946 | 10,618 | 10,328 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,852 | 3,443 | 1,409 |
| Can read only | 187 | 124 | 63 |
| Not stated | 4 | 2 | 2 |
In context
Where Musikot 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 →