Rural Municipality · Rupandehi District
Marchawari
मर्चवारी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0548410
Population
40,880
2021
Households
6,921
20215.91 people each
Area
49 km²
842 per km²
Literacy
68.7%
2021323rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
40,880
National Statistics Office
20,381 women, 20,499 men — 49.9% female. 3.6% of Rupandehi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
68.7%
Population aged 5 and over
7.6 pp below the national figure · 323rd of 460.
79.2% of men, 58.1% of women — a 21.1-point gap.
68.7%
Marchawari
81.2%
Rupandehi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Marchawari 68.7%, Rupandehi 81.2%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Marchawari marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write68.7%
- Cannot read or write30.9%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.1%
37,051 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 25,451 | 10,721 | 14,730 |
| Cannot read or write | 11,465 | 7,671 | 3,794 |
| Can read only | 84 | 38 | 46 |
| Not stated | 51 | 27 | 24 |
In context
Where Marchawari 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
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 →