Municipality · Dhanusa District
Sabaila
सबैला नगरपालिका
A municipality in Dhanusa District, Madhesh Province, one of 18 local governments there.NP0217306
Population
62,282
2021
Households
12,340
20215.05 people each
Area
64 km²
967 per km²
Literacy
59.3%
2021250th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
62,282
National Statistics Office
32,188 women, 30,094 men — 51.7% female. 7.2% of Dhanusa.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
59.3%
Population aged 5 and over
16.9 pp below the national figure · 250th of 276.
69.3% of men, 50.5% of women — a 18.8-point gap.
59.3%
Sabaila
65.2%
Dhanusa
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Sabaila 59.3%, Dhanusa 65.2%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sabaila marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write59.3%
- Cannot read or write40.4%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
54,066 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 32,085 | 14,423 | 17,662 |
| Cannot read or write | 21,852 | 14,089 | 7,763 |
| Can read only | 119 | 48 | 71 |
| Not stated | 10 | 4 | 6 |
In context
Where Sabaila 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 →