Rural Municipality · Mahottari District
Sonama
सोनमा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Mahottari District, Madhesh Province, one of 15 local governments there.NP0218401
Population
43,082
2021
Households
7,602
20215.67 people each
Area
58 km²
746 per km²
Literacy
56.1%
2021437th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
43,082
National Statistics Office
21,160 women, 21,922 men — 49.1% female. 6.1% of Mahottari.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
56.1%
Population aged 5 and over
20.1 pp below the national figure · 437th of 460.
65.1% of men, 47.0% of women — a 18.0-point gap.
56.1%
Sonama
59.8%
Mahottari
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Sonama 56.1%, Mahottari 59.8%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sonama marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write56.1%
- Cannot read or write43.5%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
38,475 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 21,598 | 8,969 | 12,629 |
| Cannot read or write | 16,754 | 10,039 | 6,715 |
| Can read only | 118 | 52 | 66 |
| Not stated | 5 | 5 | 0 |
In context
Where Sonama 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 →