Municipality · Kapilbastu District
Krishnanagar
कृष्णनगर नगरपालिका
A municipality in Kapilbastu District, Lumbini Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0549304
Population
70,111
2021
Households
10,670
20216.57 people each
Area
97 km²
726 per km²
Literacy
67.0%
2021224th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
70,111
National Statistics Office
34,990 women, 35,121 men — 49.9% female. 10.3% of Kapilbastu.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
67.0%
Population aged 5 and over
9.2 pp below the national figure · 224th of 276.
73.6% of men, 60.4% of women — a 13.2-point gap.
67.0%
Krishnanagar
71.8%
Kapilbastu
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Krishnanagar 67.0%, Kapilbastu 71.8%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Krishnanagar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write67.0%
- Cannot read or write32.2%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.1%
62,696 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 42,010 | 18,869 | 23,141 |
| Cannot read or write | 20,209 | 12,125 | 8,084 |
| Can read only | 408 | 205 | 203 |
| Not stated | 69 | 39 | 30 |
In context
Where Krishnanagar sits among the 10 local governments of Kapilbastu. 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banganga | municipality | 96,714 | 23,325 | 81.4% |
| Kapilbastu | municipality | 88,874 | 15,382 | 73.1% |
| Shivaraj | municipality | 84,810 | 16,241 | 72.7% |
| Buddhabhumi | municipality | 76,507 | 15,379 | 71.5% |
| Krishnanagar | municipality | 70,111 | 10,670 | 67.0% |
| Maharajganj | municipality | 64,645 | 9,820 | 67.7% |
| Mayadevi | rural municipality | 55,972 | 8,443 | 72.6% |
| Shuddhodhan | rural municipality | 52,861 | 8,543 | 67.3% |
| Yasodhara | rural municipality | 44,900 | 6,999 | 69.4% |
| Bijayanagar | rural municipality | 43,291 | 7,059 | 64.2% |
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 →