Municipality · Mahottari District
Gaushala
गौशाला नगरपालिका
A municipality in Mahottari District, Madhesh Province, one of 15 local governments there.NP0218302
Population
72,481
2021
Households
14,446
20215.02 people each
Area
145 km²
501 per km²
Literacy
61.0%
2021244th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
72,481
National Statistics Office
36,231 women, 36,250 men — 50.0% female. 10.3% of Mahottari.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
61.0%
Population aged 5 and over
15.3 pp below the national figure · 244th of 276.
69.2% of men, 52.9% of women — a 16.3-point gap.
61.0%
Gaushala
59.8%
Mahottari
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Gaushala 61.0%, Mahottari 59.8%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gaushala marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write61.0%
- Cannot read or write38.6%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
65,286 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 39,808 | 17,382 | 22,426 |
| Cannot read or write | 25,210 | 15,341 | 9,869 |
| Can read only | 259 | 137 | 122 |
| Not stated | 9 | 4 | 5 |
In context
Where Gaushala sits among the 15 local governments of Mahottari. 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. 7 more in the table below.
View all 15 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardibas | municipality | 74,361 | 16,824 | 72.5% |
| Gaushala | municipality | 72,481 | 14,446 | 61.0% |
| Jaleshwor | municipality | 63,802 | 12,380 | 67.6% |
| Bhangaha | municipality | 55,354 | 10,915 | 57.2% |
| Manara Shisawa | municipality | 52,191 | 10,050 | 58.9% |
| Balawa | municipality | 49,473 | 9,437 | 51.9% |
| Loharpatti | municipality | 45,773 | 9,133 | 56.1% |
| Sonama | rural municipality | 43,082 | 7,602 | 56.1% |
| Pipara | rural municipality | 40,535 | 8,302 | 60.4% |
| Samsi | rural municipality | 38,585 | 6,815 | 51.2% |
| Aurahi | municipality | 37,361 | 7,042 | 55.7% |
| Ram Gopalpur | municipality | 36,201 | 6,606 | 56.1% |
| Matihani | municipality | 36,136 | 6,709 | 57.5% |
| Ekadara | rural municipality | 31,770 | 5,938 | 58.7% |
| Mahottari | rural municipality | 28,807 | 5,687 | 60.4% |
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 →