Municipality · Kapilbastu District
Maharajganj
महाराजगन्ज नगरपालिका
A municipality in Kapilbastu District, Lumbini Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0549305
Population
64,645
2021
Households
9,820
20216.58 people each
Area
112 km²
576 per km²
Literacy
67.7%
2021219th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
64,645
National Statistics Office
32,109 women, 32,536 men — 49.7% female. 9.5% of Kapilbastu.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
67.7%
Population aged 5 and over
8.6 pp below the national figure · 219th of 276.
76.2% of men, 59.0% of women — a 17.2-point gap.
67.7%
Maharajganj
71.8%
Kapilbastu
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Maharajganj 67.7%, Kapilbastu 71.8%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Maharajganj marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write67.7%
- Cannot read or write31.3%
- Can read only0.9%
- Not stated0.1%
57,675 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 39,024 | 16,919 | 22,105 |
| Cannot read or write | 18,079 | 11,474 | 6,605 |
| Can read only | 526 | 258 | 268 |
| Not stated | 46 | 29 | 17 |
In context
Where Maharajganj 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 →