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Rural Municipality · Palpa District

Ribdikot

रिब्दीकोट गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Palpa District, Lumbini Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0546403

Population

15,473

2021

Households

4,402

20213.51 people each

Area

125 km²

124 per km²

Literacy

80.6%

202153rd of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

15,473

National Statistics Office

8,447 women, 7,026 men — 54.6% female. 6.3% of Palpa.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

80.6%

Population aged 5 and over

4.3 pp above the national figure · 53rd of 460.

88.6% of men, 74.1% of women — a 14.5-point gap.

80.6%

Ribdikot

83.7%

Palpa

78.1%

Lumbini

76.2%

Nepal

Ribdikot 80.6%, Palpa 83.7%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Ribdikot marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write80.6%
  • Cannot read or write17.4%
  • Can read only2.0%
  • Not stated0.0%

14,390 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write11,5965,9095,687
Cannot read or write2,5041,846658
Can read only28721968
Not stated303

In context

All places

Where Ribdikot sits among the 10 local governments of Palpa. By population, 2021 census.

Palpa by local government
15,473Population · 50,792

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
Palpa by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Tansenmunicipality50,79214,78289.0%
Rampurmunicipality40,88311,36384.9%
Mathagadhirural municipality24,0535,82383.3%
Rainadevi Chhahararural municipality23,1496,33082.6%
Baganaskalirural municipality18,4975,11581.7%
Nisdirural municipality18,1204,16578.5%
Tinaurural municipality17,7774,20181.9%
Rambharural municipality17,1554,68978.7%
Purbakholarural municipality16,0524,12181.0%
Ribdikotrural municipality15,4734,40280.6%

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 →