Sub-Metropolitan City · Bara District
Kalaiya
कलैया उपमहानगरपालिका
A sub-metropolitan city in Bara District, Madhesh Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0233202
Population
136,222
2021
Households
22,125
20216.16 people each
Area
110 km²
1239 per km²
Literacy
68.1%
202111th of 11
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
136,222
National Statistics Office
65,864 women, 70,358 men — 48.4% female. 17.9% of Bara.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
68.1%
Population aged 5 and over
8.1 pp below the national figure · 11th of 11.
77.2% of men, 58.5% of women — a 18.6-point gap.
68.1%
Kalaiya
64.5%
Bara
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Kalaiya 68.1%, Bara 64.5%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kalaiya marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write68.1%
- Cannot read or write31.7%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
122,453 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 83,396 | 34,832 | 48,564 |
| Cannot read or write | 38,768 | 24,533 | 14,235 |
| Can read only | 283 | 149 | 134 |
| Not stated | 6 | 3 | 3 |
In context
Where Kalaiya sits among the 17 local governments of Bara. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalaiya | sub-metropolitan city | 136,222 | 22,125 | 68.1% |
| Jitpur Simara | sub-metropolitan city | 127,307 | 25,650 | 71.7% |
| Mahagadhimai | municipality | 59,424 | 9,761 | 61.5% |
| Simroungadh | municipality | 54,878 | 8,531 | 57.5% |
| Kolhabi | municipality | 51,182 | 10,561 | 65.7% |
| Pacharauta | municipality | 40,524 | 6,167 | 59.2% |
| Nijagadh | municipality | 37,687 | 8,424 | 73.8% |
| Subarna | rural municipality | 35,141 | 5,073 | 47.3% |
| Aadarsha Kotwal | rural municipality | 31,364 | 4,888 | 51.9% |
| Baragadhi | rural municipality | 29,555 | 4,940 | 60.1% |
| Karaiyamai | rural municipality | 29,165 | 5,051 | 65.2% |
| Pheta | rural municipality | 28,395 | 4,202 | 64.4% |
| Prasauni | rural municipality | 25,414 | 3,968 | 67.3% |
| Devtal | rural municipality | 25,361 | 3,980 | 59.1% |
| Bishrampur | rural municipality | 24,892 | 3,886 | 64.6% |
| Parawanipur | rural municipality | 24,745 | 3,972 | 66.1% |
| Parsa | 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 →