Rural Municipality · Nawalparasi West District
Palhinandan
पाल्हीनन्दन गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Nawalparasi West District, Lumbini Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0547401
Population
38,186
2021
Households
7,180
20215.32 people each
Area
45 km²
855 per km²
Literacy
71.9%
2021263rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
38,186
National Statistics Office
19,170 women, 19,016 men — 50.2% female. 9.9% of Nawalparasi West.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.9%
Population aged 5 and over
4.4 pp below the national figure · 263rd of 460.
82.5% of men, 61.5% of women — a 21.0-point gap.
71.9%
Palhinandan
78.0%
Nawalparasi West
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Palhinandan 71.9%, Nawalparasi West 78.0%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Palhinandan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.9%
- Cannot read or write27.7%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
34,874 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 25,069 | 10,844 | 14,225 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,647 | 6,708 | 2,939 |
| Can read only | 146 | 75 | 71 |
| Not stated | 12 | 3 | 9 |
In context
Where Palhinandan sits among the 7 local governments of Nawalparasi West. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
Literacy rate
70.4%–85.3%
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.
View all 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardaghat | municipality | 76,703 | 18,501 | 82.5% |
| Sunawal | municipality | 72,085 | 17,418 | 83.9% |
| Ramgram | municipality | 64,017 | 13,137 | 77.7% |
| Pratapapur | rural municipality | 49,897 | 9,702 | 72.9% |
| Sarawal | rural municipality | 42,207 | 8,745 | 74.5% |
| Susta | rural municipality | 40,655 | 8,026 | 73.0% |
| Palhinandan | rural municipality | 38,186 | 7,180 | 71.9% |
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 →