Municipality · Rautahat District
Ishanath
ईशनाथ नगरपालिका
A municipality in Rautahat District, Madhesh Province, one of 18 local governments there.NP0232313
Population
51,855
2021
Households
7,937
20216.53 people each
Area
35 km²
1475 per km²
Literacy
56.5%
2021258th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
51,855
National Statistics Office
26,083 women, 25,772 men — 50.3% female. 6.4% of Rautahat.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
56.5%
Population aged 5 and over
19.8 pp below the national figure · 258th of 276.
62.5% of men, 50.5% of women — a 12.0-point gap.
56.5%
Ishanath
57.8%
Rautahat
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Ishanath 56.5%, Rautahat 57.8%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Ishanath marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write56.5%
- Cannot read or write43.0%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
45,069 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 25,450 | 11,460 | 13,990 |
| Cannot read or write | 19,402 | 11,135 | 8,267 |
| Can read only | 213 | 101 | 112 |
| Not stated | 4 | 1 | 3 |
In context
Where Ishanath 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 →