Rural Municipality · Nawalparasi West District
Sarawal
सरावल गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Nawalparasi West District, Lumbini Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0547402
Population
42,207
2021
Households
8,745
20214.83 people each
Area
73 km²
577 per km²
Literacy
74.5%
2021200th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
42,207
National Statistics Office
21,670 women, 20,537 men — 51.3% female. 10.9% of Nawalparasi West.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
74.5%
Population aged 5 and over
1.8 pp below the national figure · 200th of 460.
83.3% of men, 66.1% of women — a 17.2-point gap.
74.5%
Sarawal
78.0%
Nawalparasi West
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Sarawal 74.5%, Nawalparasi West 78.0%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sarawal marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write74.5%
- Cannot read or write25.2%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
38,658 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 28,785 | 13,196 | 15,589 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,751 | 6,668 | 3,083 |
| Can read only | 108 | 78 | 30 |
| Not stated | 14 | 10 | 4 |
In context
Where Sarawal 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 →