Sub-Metropolitan City · Rupandehi District
Butwal
बुटवल उपमहानगरपालिका
A sub-metropolitan city in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0548201
Population
194,335
2021
Households
50,565
20213.84 people each
Area
102 km²
1912 per km²
Literacy
91.3%
20211st of 11
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
194,335
National Statistics Office
99,486 women, 94,849 men — 51.2% female. 17.3% of Rupandehi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
91.3%
Population aged 5 and over
15.1 pp above the national figure · 1st of 11.
95.2% of men, 87.6% of women — a 7.6-point gap.
91.3%
Butwal
81.2%
Rupandehi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Butwal 91.3%, Rupandehi 81.2%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Butwal marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write91.3%
- Cannot read or write8.3%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.1%
181,508 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 165,744 | 82,006 | 83,738 |
| Cannot read or write | 15,130 | 11,154 | 3,976 |
| Can read only | 535 | 364 | 171 |
| Not stated | 99 | 53 | 46 |
In context
Where Butwal sits among the 17 local governments of Rupandehi. 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. 9 more in the table below.
View all 17 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butwal | sub-metropolitan city | 194,335 | 50,565 | 91.3% |
| Tilottama | municipality | 149,479 | 35,991 | 88.1% |
| Lumbini Sanskritik | municipality | 87,383 | 13,621 | 71.1% |
| Sainamaina | municipality | 78,393 | 19,445 | 84.9% |
| Siddharthanagar | municipality | 74,436 | 15,871 | 86.1% |
| Devdaha | municipality | 72,457 | 17,300 | 83.1% |
| Mayadevi | rural municipality | 56,170 | 9,990 | 73.0% |
| Gaidahawa | rural municipality | 56,149 | 9,947 | 71.3% |
| Kotahimai | rural municipality | 45,975 | 7,535 | 68.7% |
| Siyari | rural municipality | 44,985 | 9,019 | 78.8% |
| Rohini | rural municipality | 43,327 | 7,526 | 72.3% |
| Sammarimai | rural municipality | 43,044 | 7,242 | 69.3% |
| Kanchan | rural municipality | 42,528 | 10,440 | 83.0% |
| Suddhodhan | rural municipality | 41,907 | 8,676 | 81.2% |
| Om Satiya | rural municipality | 41,141 | 8,082 | 78.2% |
| Marchawari | rural municipality | 40,880 | 6,921 | 68.7% |
| Lumbini Sanskritik | protected_area | — | — | — |
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
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