Rural Municipality · Pyuthan District
Jhimaruk
झिमरुक गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Pyuthan District, Lumbini Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0555403
Population
26,130
2021
Households
6,534
20214.00 people each
Area
107 km²
244 per km²
Literacy
81.8%
202128th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
26,130
National Statistics Office
14,499 women, 11,631 men — 55.5% female. 11.3% of Pyuthan.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.8%
Population aged 5 and over
5.5 pp above the national figure · 28th of 460.
88.6% of men, 76.5% of women — a 12.1-point gap.
81.8%
Jhimaruk
80.1%
Pyuthan
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Jhimaruk 81.8%, Pyuthan 80.1%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Jhimaruk marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.8%
- Cannot read or write17.9%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
23,530 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 19,242 | 10,139 | 9,103 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,219 | 3,071 | 1,148 |
| Can read only | 64 | 41 | 23 |
| Not stated | 5 | 4 | 1 |
In context
Where Jhimaruk sits among the 9 local governments of Pyuthan. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyuthan | municipality | 42,130 | 11,235 | 84.5% |
| Naubahini | rural municipality | 32,682 | 7,133 | 74.1% |
| Sworgadwari | municipality | 32,037 | 8,218 | 81.0% |
| Jhimaruk | rural municipality | 26,130 | 6,534 | 81.8% |
| Gaumukhi | rural municipality | 25,980 | 5,578 | 78.2% |
| Aairawati | rural municipality | 20,428 | 5,112 | 78.2% |
| Sarumarani | rural municipality | 19,783 | 4,453 | 79.1% |
| Mandavi | rural municipality | 15,863 | 3,794 | 81.6% |
| Mallarani | rural municipality | 15,646 | 4,138 | 80.0% |
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 →