Municipality · Saptari District
Kanchanrup
कन्चनरुप नगरपालिका
A municipality in Saptari District, Madhesh Province, one of 19 local governments there.NP0215305
Population
58,466
2021
Households
12,535
20214.66 people each
Area
117 km²
499 per km²
Literacy
67.3%
2021222nd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
58,466
National Statistics Office
29,827 women, 28,639 men — 51.0% female. 8.3% of Saptari.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
67.3%
Population aged 5 and over
8.9 pp below the national figure · 222nd of 276.
76.5% of men, 58.7% of women — a 17.9-point gap.
67.3%
Kanchanrup
67.7%
Saptari
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Kanchanrup 67.3%, Saptari 67.7%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kanchanrup marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write67.3%
- Cannot read or write32.4%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
52,849 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 35,590 | 15,937 | 19,653 |
| Cannot read or write | 17,115 | 11,150 | 5,965 |
| Can read only | 141 | 83 | 58 |
| Not stated | 3 | 2 | 1 |
In context
Where Kanchanrup sits among the 19 local governments of Saptari. 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. 11 more in the table below.
View all 19 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajbiraj | municipality | 70,803 | 14,133 | 76.6% |
| Kanchanrup | municipality | 58,466 | 12,535 | 67.3% |
| Hanumannagar Kankalini | municipality | 52,796 | 10,645 | 65.3% |
| Khadak | municipality | 52,778 | 11,069 | 69.6% |
| Surunga | municipality | 49,460 | 10,487 | 67.7% |
| Dakneshwori | municipality | 47,739 | 10,002 | 67.9% |
| Bode Barsain | municipality | 46,017 | 9,722 | 68.0% |
| Shambhunath | municipality | 39,634 | 8,679 | 67.1% |
| Tilathi Koiladi | rural municipality | 33,658 | 6,768 | 64.9% |
| Rajgadh | rural municipality | 32,462 | 6,675 | 62.2% |
| Agnisair Krishna Sabaran | rural municipality | 31,634 | 6,581 | 69.1% |
| Mahadewa | rural municipality | 30,315 | 6,279 | 59.9% |
| Chhinnamasta | rural municipality | 29,946 | 6,170 | 64.0% |
| Rupani | rural municipality | 29,877 | 6,324 | 66.4% |
| Bishnupur | rural municipality | 27,703 | 5,465 | 68.4% |
| Tirahut | rural municipality | 24,034 | 5,116 | 62.4% |
| Balan-Bihul | rural municipality | 23,527 | 4,948 | 63.8% |
| Saptakoshi | municipality | 23,510 | 5,218 | 74.2% |
| Koshi Tappu | 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 →