Municipality · Parsa District
Pokhariya
पोखरिया नगरपालिका
A municipality in Parsa District, Madhesh Province, one of 16 local governments there.NP0234301
Population
37,675
2021
Households
6,076
20216.20 people each
Area
32 km²
1160 per km²
Literacy
64.4%
2021230th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
37,675
National Statistics Office
18,113 women, 19,562 men — 48.1% female. 5.8% of Parsa.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
64.4%
Population aged 5 and over
11.9 pp below the national figure · 230th of 276.
74.8% of men, 53.1% of women — a 21.7-point gap.
64.4%
Pokhariya
69.1%
Parsa
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Pokhariya 64.4%, Parsa 69.1%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Pokhariya marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write64.4%
- Cannot read or write35.2%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
33,783 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 21,743 | 8,636 | 13,107 |
| Cannot read or write | 11,882 | 7,552 | 4,330 |
| Can read only | 152 | 64 | 88 |
| Not stated | 6 | 4 | 2 |
In context
Where Pokhariya sits among the 16 local governments of Parsa. 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. 8 more in the table below.
View all 16 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birgunj | metropolitan city | 272,382 | 47,114 | 76.0% |
| Bahudarmai | municipality | 43,478 | 6,957 | 63.4% |
| Parsagadhi | municipality | 41,569 | 7,632 | 64.5% |
| Pokhariya | municipality | 37,675 | 6,076 | 64.4% |
| Sakhuwa Prasauni | rural municipality | 35,399 | 6,295 | 61.8% |
| Jagarnathpur | rural municipality | 32,649 | 5,582 | 62.7% |
| Chhipaharmai | rural municipality | 29,082 | 4,663 | 62.6% |
| Paterwa Sugauli | rural municipality | 25,498 | 4,753 | 62.4% |
| Bindabasini | rural municipality | 24,991 | 3,892 | 66.3% |
| Kalikamai | rural municipality | 23,480 | 3,697 | 66.5% |
| Jirabhawani | rural municipality | 22,677 | 4,871 | 61.3% |
| Dhobini | rural municipality | 22,606 | 3,499 | 64.9% |
| Pakaha Mainpur | rural municipality | 22,585 | 3,530 | 64.4% |
| Thori | rural municipality | 17,219 | 4,452 | 71.0% |
| Parsa | protected_area | — | — | — |
| Chitawan | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →