Municipality · Nawalparasi West District
Sunawal
सुनवल नगरपालिका
A municipality in Nawalparasi West District, Lumbini Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0547301
Population
72,085
2021
Households
17,418
20214.14 people each
Area
174 km²
415 per km²
Literacy
83.9%
202139th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
72,085
National Statistics Office
38,292 women, 33,793 men — 53.1% female. 18.6% of Nawalparasi West.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.9%
Population aged 5 and over
7.6 pp above the national figure · 39th of 276.
90.4% of men, 78.3% of women — a 12.1-point gap.
83.9%
Sunawal
78.0%
Nawalparasi West
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Sunawal 83.9%, Nawalparasi West 78.0%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sunawal marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.9%
- Cannot read or write15.6%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
66,642 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 55,908 | 28,046 | 27,862 |
| Cannot read or write | 10,401 | 7,568 | 2,833 |
| Can read only | 293 | 191 | 102 |
| Not stated | 40 | 15 | 25 |
In context
Where Sunawal 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 →