Municipality · Rupandehi District
Siddharthanagar
सिद्धार्थनगर नगरपालिका
A municipality in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0548305
Population
74,436
2021
Households
15,871
20214.69 people each
Area
36 km²
2066 per km²
Literacy
86.1%
202120th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
74,436
National Statistics Office
37,187 women, 37,249 men — 50.0% female. 6.6% of Rupandehi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
86.1%
Population aged 5 and over
9.9 pp above the national figure · 20th of 276.
92.5% of men, 79.8% of women — a 12.7-point gap.
86.1%
Siddharthanagar
81.2%
Rupandehi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Siddharthanagar 86.1%, Rupandehi 81.2%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Siddharthanagar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write86.1%
- Cannot read or write13.6%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
69,311 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 59,688 | 27,774 | 31,914 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,406 | 6,908 | 2,498 |
| Can read only | 188 | 112 | 76 |
| Not stated | 29 | 15 | 14 |
In context
Where Siddharthanagar 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 →