Municipality · Rautahat District
Gadhimai
गढीमाई नगरपालिका
A municipality in Rautahat District, Madhesh Province, one of 18 local governments there.NP0232309
Population
49,135
2021
Households
7,787
20216.31 people each
Area
49 km²
994 per km²
Literacy
53.2%
2021272nd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
49,135
National Statistics Office
24,086 women, 25,049 men — 49.0% female. 6.0% of Rautahat.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
53.2%
Population aged 5 and over
23.0 pp below the national figure · 272nd of 276.
61.6% of men, 44.6% of women — a 17.0-point gap.
53.2%
Gadhimai
57.8%
Rautahat
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Gadhimai 53.2%, Rautahat 57.8%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gadhimai marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write53.2%
- Cannot read or write46.6%
- Can read only0.1%
- Not stated0.0%
43,510 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 23,168 | 9,533 | 13,635 |
| Cannot read or write | 20,272 | 11,823 | 8,449 |
| Can read only | 65 | 25 | 40 |
| Not stated | 5 | 3 | 2 |
In context
Where Gadhimai sits among the 18 local governments of Rautahat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandrapur | municipality | 81,807 | 16,820 | 70.9% |
| Garuda | municipality | 60,857 | 9,862 | 57.6% |
| Rajpur | municipality | 54,083 | 8,078 | 46.9% |
| Gujara | municipality | 54,033 | 9,575 | 61.8% |
| Ishanath | municipality | 51,855 | 7,937 | 56.5% |
| Brindaban | municipality | 49,742 | 8,142 | 54.3% |
| Gadhimai | municipality | 49,135 | 7,787 | 53.2% |
| Katahariya | municipality | 45,821 | 7,642 | 55.9% |
| Paroha | municipality | 45,702 | 7,024 | 55.0% |
| Phatuwa Bijayapur | municipality | 42,218 | 7,354 | 54.7% |
| Madhav Narayan | municipality | 40,894 | 7,020 | 56.4% |
| Gaur | municipality | 39,846 | 7,235 | 69.5% |
| Boudhimai | municipality | 39,325 | 6,078 | 54.9% |
| Dewahi Gonahi | municipality | 38,690 | 6,222 | 50.7% |
| Rajdevi | municipality | 35,658 | 6,146 | 61.3% |
| Maulapur | municipality | 32,325 | 5,268 | 56.4% |
| Yamunamai | rural municipality | 28,414 | 4,711 | 51.9% |
| Durga Bhagawati | rural municipality | 22,864 | 4,124 | 61.1% |
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 →