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Rural Municipality · Dhanusa District

Aurahi

औरही गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Dhanusa District, Madhesh Province, one of 18 local governments there.NP0217403

Population

24,053

2021

Households

4,793

20215.02 people each

Area

26 km²

942 per km²

Literacy

63.8%

2021390th of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

24,053

National Statistics Office

12,364 women, 11,689 men — 51.4% female. 2.8% of Dhanusa.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

63.8%

Population aged 5 and over

12.5 pp below the national figure · 390th of 460.

74.6% of men, 54.0% of women — a 20.6-point gap.

63.8%

Aurahi

65.2%

Dhanusa

63.5%

Madhesh

76.2%

Nepal

Aurahi 63.8%, Dhanusa 65.2%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Aurahi marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write63.8%
  • Cannot read or write36.0%
  • Can read only0.3%
  • Not stated0.0%

21,225 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 write13,5326,0157,517
Cannot read or write7,6345,1062,528
Can read only582533
Not stated110

In context

All places

Where Aurahi sits among the 18 local governments of Dhanusa. By population, 2021 census.

Dhanusa by local government
21,742Population · 194,556

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. 10 more in the table below.

View all 18 local governments
Dhanusa by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Janakpurdhamsub-metropolitan city194,55640,40976.6%
Sabailamunicipality62,28212,34059.3%
Shahidnagarmunicipality53,81211,12457.8%
Dhanushadhammunicipality52,02410,58860.5%
Chhireshwornathmunicipality51,07510,73360.5%
Mithilamunicipality48,67610,65672.5%
Hansapurmunicipality44,9498,89062.5%
Kamalamunicipality44,5978,97956.1%
Ganeshman Charnathmunicipality44,0829,16764.9%
Mithila Biharimunicipality38,2737,65463.1%
Nagarainmunicipality38,0377,92162.7%
Bidehamunicipality37,6977,67161.8%
Laxminiyarural municipality31,8816,30161.6%
Mukhiyapatti Musaharmiyarural municipality28,2085,43154.6%
Janak Nandinirural municipality27,1465,37956.8%
Aurahirural municipality24,0534,79363.8%
Dhanaujirural municipality21,9424,40862.6%
Bateshworrural municipality21,7424,64768.7%

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 →