Rural Municipality · Nawalparasi West District
Susta
सुस्ता गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Nawalparasi West District, Lumbini Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0547404
Population
40,655
2021
Households
8,026
20215.07 people each
Area
91 km²
446 per km²
Literacy
73.0%
2021233rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
40,655
National Statistics Office
20,951 women, 19,704 men — 51.5% female. 10.5% of Nawalparasi West.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
73.0%
Population aged 5 and over
3.2 pp below the national figure · 233rd of 460.
81.3% of men, 65.3% of women — a 15.9-point gap.
73.0%
Susta
78.0%
Nawalparasi West
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Susta 73.0%, Nawalparasi West 78.0%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Susta marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write73.0%
- Cannot read or write26.8%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
36,956 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 26,984 | 12,490 | 14,494 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,895 | 6,586 | 3,309 |
| Can read only | 62 | 35 | 27 |
| Not stated | 15 | 7 | 8 |
In context
Where Susta 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 →