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Rural Municipality · Bara District

Karaiyamai

करैयामाई गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Bara District, Madhesh Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0233403

Population

29,165

2021

Households

5,051

20215.77 people each

Area

48 km²

612 per km²

Literacy

65.2%

2021375th of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

29,165

National Statistics Office

14,514 women, 14,651 men — 49.8% female. 3.8% of Bara.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

65.2%

Population aged 5 and over

11.1 pp below the national figure · 375th of 460.

74.7% of men, 55.6% of women — a 19.1-point gap.

65.2%

Karaiyamai

64.5%

Bara

63.5%

Madhesh

76.2%

Nepal

Karaiyamai 65.2%, Bara 64.5%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Karaiyamai marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write65.2%
  • Cannot read or write34.3%
  • Can read only0.5%
  • Not stated0.0%

26,246 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write17,1087,2769,832
Cannot read or write9,0135,7553,258
Can read only1245866
Not stated101

In context

All places

Where Karaiyamai sits among the 17 local governments of Bara. By population, 2021 census.

Bara by local government
24,745Population · 136,222

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
Bara by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Kalaiyasub-metropolitan city136,22222,12568.1%
Jitpur Simarasub-metropolitan city127,30725,65071.7%
Mahagadhimaimunicipality59,4249,76161.5%
Simroungadhmunicipality54,8788,53157.5%
Kolhabimunicipality51,18210,56165.7%
Pacharautamunicipality40,5246,16759.2%
Nijagadhmunicipality37,6878,42473.8%
Subarnarural municipality35,1415,07347.3%
Aadarsha Kotwalrural municipality31,3644,88851.9%
Baragadhirural municipality29,5554,94060.1%
Karaiyamairural municipality29,1655,05165.2%
Phetarural municipality28,3954,20264.4%
Prasaunirural municipality25,4143,96867.3%
Devtalrural municipality25,3613,98059.1%
Bishrampurrural municipality24,8923,88664.6%
Parawanipurrural municipality24,7453,97266.1%
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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 →