Municipality · Dhanusa District
Mithila
मिथिला नगरपालिका
A municipality in Dhanusa District, Madhesh Province, one of 18 local governments there.NP0217301
Population
48,676
2021
Households
10,656
20214.57 people each
Area
188 km²
259 per km²
Literacy
72.5%
2021179th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
48,676
National Statistics Office
24,362 women, 24,314 men — 50.0% female. 5.6% of Dhanusa.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.5%
Population aged 5 and over
3.7 pp below the national figure · 179th of 276.
80.0% of men, 65.2% of women — a 14.7-point gap.
72.5%
Mithila
65.2%
Dhanusa
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Mithila 72.5%, Dhanusa 65.2%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mithila marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.5%
- Cannot read or write27.1%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
44,398 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 32,189 | 14,671 | 17,518 |
| Cannot read or write | 12,043 | 7,719 | 4,324 |
| Can read only | 158 | 95 | 63 |
| Not stated | 8 | 3 | 5 |
In context
Where Mithila sits among the 18 local governments of Dhanusa. 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. 10 more in the table below.
View all 18 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janakpurdham | sub-metropolitan city | 194,556 | 40,409 | 76.6% |
| Sabaila | municipality | 62,282 | 12,340 | 59.3% |
| Shahidnagar | municipality | 53,812 | 11,124 | 57.8% |
| Dhanushadham | municipality | 52,024 | 10,588 | 60.5% |
| Chhireshwornath | municipality | 51,075 | 10,733 | 60.5% |
| Mithila | municipality | 48,676 | 10,656 | 72.5% |
| Hansapur | municipality | 44,949 | 8,890 | 62.5% |
| Kamala | municipality | 44,597 | 8,979 | 56.1% |
| Ganeshman Charnath | municipality | 44,082 | 9,167 | 64.9% |
| Mithila Bihari | municipality | 38,273 | 7,654 | 63.1% |
| Nagarain | municipality | 38,037 | 7,921 | 62.7% |
| Bideha | municipality | 37,697 | 7,671 | 61.8% |
| Laxminiya | rural municipality | 31,881 | 6,301 | 61.6% |
| Mukhiyapatti Musaharmiya | rural municipality | 28,208 | 5,431 | 54.6% |
| Janak Nandini | rural municipality | 27,146 | 5,379 | 56.8% |
| Aurahi | rural municipality | 24,053 | 4,793 | 63.8% |
| Dhanauji | rural municipality | 21,942 | 4,408 | 62.6% |
| Bateshwor | rural municipality | 21,742 | 4,647 | 68.7% |
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 →